Nixon v. Herndon

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Nixon v. Herndon
by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Nixon v. Herndon, 273 U.S. 536 (1927), was a United States Supreme Court decision in which the Court struck down a Texas law which forbade blacks from voting in the Texas Democratic primary. Because Texas was a one-party state, the Democratic Party primary was the only competitive process and chance to choose among candidates. This was one of four cases brought to challenge the Texas Democratic Party's all-white primary, all of which were supported by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Warning: template has been deprecated.

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273 U.S. 536

Nixon v. Herndon

Argued: and Submitted Jan. 4, 1927. --- Decided: March 7, 1927

Messrs. Louis Marshall, of New York City, F. C.

Knollenberg, of El Paso, Tex., A. B. Spingarn, of New York City, R. J. Channell, of El Paso, Tex., Moorfield Storey, of Boston, Mass., and James A. Cobb, of Washington, D. C., for plaintiff in error.

Messrs. Claude Pollard and D. A. Simmons, both of Austin, Tex., for defendants in error.

[Argument of Counsel from pages 537-538 intentionally omitted]

Mr. Justice HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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