NIXON v. CONDON

No. 265.

286 U.S. 73 (1932)

NIXON v. CONDON ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargued March 15, 1932.

Decided May 2, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. James Marshall and Nathan R. Margold, with whom Messrs. Arthur B. Spingarn, and Fred C. Knollenberg were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Ben R. Howell, with whom Mr. Thornton Hardie was on the brief, for respondents.

Messrs. J. Alston Atkins, Carter W. Wesley, and J.M. Nabrit, Jr., by leave of Court, filed a brief as amici curiae.


MR. JUSTICE CARDOZO delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioner, a Negro, has brought this action against judges of election in Texas to recover damages for their refusal by reason of his race or color to permit him to cast his vote at a primary election.

This is not the first time that he has found it necessary to invoke the jurisdiction of the federal courts in vindication of privileges secured to him by the...

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