Legal Opinion
Fairchild v. Hughes
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 27, 1922No. 148PublishedCited by 190 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brandéis
delivered the opinion of the court.
On July 7, 1920, Charles S. Fairchild of New York brought this suit in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia against the Secretary, of State and the Attorney General. The prayers of the bill are that “ the so-called Suffrage Amendment [the Nineteenth to the Federal Constitution] be declared unconstitutional and void ”; that the Secretary of State be restrained from issuing any proclamation declaring that it has been ratified; and that the Attorney General be restrained from enforcing it. There is also a prayer for general relief…
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