MINOR v. HAPPERSETT


88 U.S. 162 (____)

21 Wall. 162

MINOR v. HAPPERSETT.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Francis Minor (with whom were Messrs. J.M. Krum and J.B. Henderson), for the plaintiff in error.

No opposing counsel.


The CHIEF JUSTICE delivered the opinion of the court.

The question is presented in this case, whether, since the adoption of the fourteenth amendment, a woman, who is a citizen of the United States and of the State of Missouri, is a voter in that State, notwithstanding the provision of the constitution and laws of the State, which confine the right of suffrage to men alone. We might, perhaps, decide the case upon other grounds...

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