ANDERSON Et Al. v. MARTIN

Louisiana Revised Statutes § 18:1174.1 provides that in all primary, general or special elections, the nomination papers and ballots shall designate the race of candidates for elective office. The question involved in this appeal is whether this requirement violates the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment or the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. A three-judge United States District Court, convened under 28 U. S. C. § 2284, upheld the constitutionality of the statute by a 2-to-l vote, 206 F. Supp. 700. On direct appeal, 28 U. S. C. §…