42 U.S.C. § 2000a-6 : US Code - Section 2000A-6: Jurisdiction; exhaustion of other remedies; exclusiveness of remedies; assertion of rights based on other Federal or State laws and pursuit of remedies for enforcement of such rights

Search 42 U.S.C. § 2000a-6 : US Code - Section 2000A-6: Jurisdiction; exhaustion of other remedies; exclusiveness of remedies; assertion of rights based on other Federal or State laws and pursuit of remedies for enforcement of such rights

(a) The district courts of the United States shall have
jurisdiction of proceedings instituted pursuant to this subchapter
and shall exercise the same without regard to whether the aggrieved
party shall have exhausted any administrative or other remedies
that may be provided by law.
(b) The remedies provided in this subchapter shall be the
exclusive means of enforcing the rights based on this subchapter,
but nothing in this subchapter shall preclude any individual or any
State or local agency from asserting any right based on any other
Federal or State law not inconsistent with this subchapter,
including any statute or ordinance requiring nondiscrimination in
public establishments or accommodations, or from pursuing any
remedy, civil or criminal, which may be available for the
vindication or enforcement of such right.