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Hamm v. Virginia State Board of Elections
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided April 28, 1964No. Civ. A. 3127PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALBERT V. BRYAN, Circuit Judge.
Certain Virginia statutes and a section of her constitution are here attacked by plaintiff Negro and white citizens of the State as violative of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments of the Federal constitution. The laws assailed deal with records relating to: (1) voting, (2) property tax assessments, and (3) divorce. Plaintiffs allege that provisions in the first category “require lists of persons who are qualified voters in Virginia to be maintained on a racially segregated basis.” 1 The second category is averred to “provide for the maintenance on a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Burton v. Wilmington Parking AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- ANDERSON Et Al. v. MARTINSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
3Cited by25 opinions
- Smith v. Board of Education of Morrilton School District No. 32Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
- William L. Maxwell v. Dan D. Stephens, Superintendent of Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- State v. LowrySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1965
- Hall v. Pennsylvania State PoliceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Mary Fishe Bell v. J. W. SouthwellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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