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LASSITER v. NORTHAMPTON ELECTION BD.

No. 584.

360 U.S. 45 (1959)

LASSITER v. NORTHAMPTON COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 8, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel S. Mitchell argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief were Herman L. Taylor and James R. Walker, Jr.

I. Beverly Lake argued the cause and filed a brief for appellee.

Malcolm B. Seawell, Attorney General of North Carolina, and Ralph Moody, Assistant Attorney General, filed a brief for the State of North Carolina, as amicus curiae, urging affirmance.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This controversy started in a Federal District Court. Appellant, a Negro citizen of North Carolina, sued to have the literacy test for voters prescribed by that State declared unconstitutional and void. A three-judge court was convened. That court noted that the literacy test was part of a provision of the North Carolina Constitution that also included a grandfather clause. It said that

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