In Dresner et al. v. City of Tallahassee (1963), the U.S Supreme Court addressed a case involving racial discrimination in public facilities in Florida. The appellants, African-American citizens, were convicted for trespassing after they refused to leave a "whites only" area at an airport terminal despite being asked by law enforcement officers multiple times to move to the designated "colored" section. They appealed their convictions arguing that segregation violated their Fourteenth Amendment rights under the Equal Protection Clause and was therefore unconstitutional. The Supreme Court held that such racial segregation did indeed violate constitutional rights and reversed the conviction of one appellant while affirming another's due to differing circumstances surrounding each individual’s arrest - one had been arrested immediately upon entering whereas another had been given time but chose not to comply with orders from police officers before being arrested.

In the dissenting opinion for Dresner et al. v. City of Tallahassee, it was argued that the majority's decision to uphold a conviction based on trespass laws violated constitutional rights and perpetuated racial segregation. The dissenters believed that public accommodations should not be allowed to discriminate based on race, as this contradicted principles of equal protection under the law guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. They also contended that using state power to enforce such discrimination constituted state action in violation of these constitutional protections against racial discrimination. Furthermore, they disagreed with the majority's interpretation of "private property" rights in relation to racially segregated facilities open to general public use and patronage, arguing instead for an understanding more consistent with democratic values and civil liberties.