Nixon v. Condon

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Nixon v. Condon, 286 U.S. 73 (1932), was a voting rights case decided by the United States Supreme Court, which found the all-white Democratic Party primary in Texas unconstitutional. This was one of four cases brought to challenge the Texas all-white Democratic Party primary. All challenges were supported by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Warning: template has been deprecated.

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286 U.S. 73

Nixon v. Condon

Argued: March 15, 1932. --- Decided: May 2, 1932

Messrs. James Marshall, Nathan R. Margold, Arthur

Spingarn, all of New York City, and Fred C. Knollenberg and E. F. Cameron, both of El Paso, Tex. (Mr. N. H. Kugelmass, of New York City, on the brief), for petitioner.

[Argument of Counsel from pages 74-78 intentionally omitted]

Messrs. Ben R. Howell and Thornton Hardie, both of El Paso, Tex., for respondents.

[Argument of Counsel from pages 79-81 intentionally omitted]

Messrs. J. Alston Atkins and Carter W. Wesley, both of Houston, Tex. (Messrs. J. M. Nabrit, Jr., and Nabrit, Atkins & Wesley, all of Houston, Tex., and Charles H. Houston, of Washington, D. C., of counsel), for movants.

Mr. Justice CARDOZO 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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