Legal Opinion
Ray v. Blair
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 5, 1952No. 649PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Reed
The Supreme Court of Alabama upheld a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring the petitioner, the chairman of that state’s Executive Committee of the Democratic Party, to certify respondent Edmund Blair, a member of that party, to the Secretary of State of Alabama as a candidate for Presidential Elector in the Democratic Primary to be held May 6,1952. Respondent Blair was admittedly qualified as a candidate except that he refused to include the following quoted words in the pledge required of party candidates — a pledge to aid and support “the nominees of the National Convention of the…
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