Legal Opinion
Katzenbach v. Morgan
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 13, 1966No. 847PublishedCited by 757 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
These cases concern the constitutionality of § 4 (e)- of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.1 That law, in the respects pertinent in these cases, provides that no person who has successfully completed the sixth primary grade in a public school in, or a private school accredited by, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in which the language of instruction was other than English shall be denied the right to vote in any election because of his inability to read or write English. Appellees, registered voters in New York City, brought this suit to challenge the constitutionality of § 4 (e) insofar as it pro…
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3Cited by757 opinions
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