Legal Opinion
United States v. Alabama
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 27, 1960No. 398PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Per curiam
Alleging a course of racially discriminatory practices calculated to deprive Negro citizens of their voting rights in violation of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and Part IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, 71 Stat. 637, 42 U. S. C. § 1971 (a), 1 the United States, proceeding under 42 U. S. C. § 1971 (c), 2 brought this action against the Board of Registrars of Macon County, Alabama, and the two individual respondents as members thereof, for declaratory and injunctive relief. Thereafter the Government amended its complaint so as to join the State of Alabama…
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