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ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ORDER v. MICHAUX

No. 7.

279 U.S. 737 (1929)

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ARABIC ORDER OF NOBLES OF THE MYSTIC SHRINE ET AL. v. MICHAUX ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 3, 1929.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harold S. Davis, with whom Mr. Moorfield Storey was on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. Claude Pollard, with whom Messrs. D.A. Simmons and John H. Crooker were on the brief, for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents a controversy between two fraternal orders called Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, one having white and the other negro members. A short reference to the origin and history of these orders will conduce to an accurate appreciation of the controversy.

From early times there have been two distinct masonic fraternities in the United States, one confined to white men and the other to negroes...

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