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322 U.S. 718

Docket No. 51.

Smith v. Allwright

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1944-06-12

Cited by 4 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 1957

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Decided 1944-06-12

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¶1The sentence on page 9 of the slip opinion which reads:

“Under our Constitution, the great privilege of choosing his rulers may not be denied a man by the State because of his color,” is amended to read as follows:
“Under our Constitution the great privilege of the ballot may not be denied a man by the State because of his color.”

¶2Mr. Justice Roberts and Mr. Justice Frankfurter took no part in the consideration of the order here entered.

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