Legal Opinion
South Carolina v. Katzenbach
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 2, 1966No. 22 ORIGPublishedCited by 912 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waeren
By leave of the Court, 382 U. S. 898, South Carolina has filed a bill of complaint, seeking a declaration that selected provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 1 violate the Federal Constitution, and asking for an injunction against enforcement of these provisions by the Attorney General. Original jurisdiction is founded on the presence of a controversy between a State and a citizen of another State under Art. Ill, § 2, of the Constitution. See Georgia v. Pennsylvania R. Co., 324 U. S. 439. Because no issues of fact were raised in the complaint, and because of South Carolina’s desire to…
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