Legal Opinion

Nixon v. Condon

District Court, W.D. Texas

Decided July 31, 1929No. 1379PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOYNTON, District Judge.

Plaintiff brings suit herein, in its nature an action at law for recovery of damages, against defendants, for their refusing, as judges at a Democratic primary election, to permit plaintiff, a negro, to vote at sueh Democratic primary election in the state of Texas, alleging that plaintiff was, by sueh action of defendants as judges of such primary election, deprived of rights to which plaintiff alleges he is entitled as a citizen of the United States, under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, and under and by virtue of…

2Cases cited48 opinions

  1. Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Strauder v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  3. Butchers' Benevolent Ass'n v. Crescent City Live-Stock Landing & Slaughter-House Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1873
  4. United States v. CruikshankSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  5. Civil Rights CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1883

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Lett v. DennisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
  2. White v. LubbockCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1930
  3. Nixon v. CondonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1931
  4. Wilkinson v. HenrySupreme Court of Alabama · 1930

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