Legal Opinion
Elmore v. Rice
District Court, E.D. South Carolina
Decided July 12, 1947No. Civil Action 1702PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WARING, District Judge.
Plaintiff, George Elmore, is a duly and legally qualified elector under the Constitution and laws of the United States and of the State of South Carolina and is subject to none of the disqualifications for voting thereunder. This suit is brought by him to test the legality of the action of the defendants in not permitting him and other qualified Negro electors to vote in the Democratic Party’s Primary held on August 13, 1946, in Richland County, which Primary was held for the purpose of nominating candidates on the Democratic ticket for the House of Representatives of…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Smith v. AllwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Lane v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- United States v. CarverSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Nixon v. HerndonSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
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3Cited by12 opinions
- United States v. State of LouisianaDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1963
- Rice v. ElmoreCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1947
- Baskin v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
- Lindsey Ex Rel. Lindsey v. City of BeaufortDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1995
- Brown v. BaskinDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1948
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