Legal Opinion
McLaughlin v. Florida
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 7, 1964No. 11PublishedCited by 994 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
At issue in this case is the validity of a conviction under § 798.05 of the Florida statutes, providing that:
“Any negro man and white woman, or any white man and negro woman, who -are not married to each other, who shall habitually live in and occupy in the nighttime the same room shall each be punished by imprisonment not exceeding twelve months,' or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.”
Because the section applies only to a white person and a Negro who .commit the specified acts and because no couple other than one made up of a white and a Negro is subject to conviction upon proof of…
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