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Allwright, 321 U.S. 649 (1944), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court with regard to voting rights and, by extension, racial desegregation. It overturned the Texas state law that authorized parties to set their internal rules, including the use of white primaries.
Smith v. Allwright, 321 U.S. 649 (1944) Argued: January 12, 1944. Decided: April 3, 1944. Annotation. Primary Holding. States must make voting in their primary elections equally accessible to voters of all races, even if they do not manage the election process themselves. Syllabus. U.S. Supreme Court. Smith v. Allwright, 321 U.S. 649 (1944)
Facts of the case. In 1923, the Texas Democratic Party required all voters in its primary to be white based on a state law authorizing the party to establish its own internal rules. Lonnie E. Smith, a black voter in Harris County, Texas, sued county election official S. S. Allwright for the right to vote in the primary.
Smith v. Allwright (1944), was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court. The decision made it unconstitutional to keep African Americans from voting in a Democratic Party primary in Texas. By extension it covered white primaries in all states. It overturned Grovey v.
Jan 24, 2007 · US Supreme Court. Photo by Joe Ravi (CC-BY-SA 3.0) U.S. Supreme Court. SMITH v. ALLWRIGHT, 321 U.S. 649 (1944) 321 U.S. 649. SMITH. v. ALLWRIGHT, Election Judge, et al. No. 51. Reargued Jan. 12, 1944. Decided April 3, 1944. As Amended June 12, 1944. Rehearing Denied May 8, 1944.
SMITH v. ALLWRIGHT, ELECTION JUDGE, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 3, 1944. The case was argued before the court on November 10, 1943. In a 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court.
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Date Filed: 11/10/1943. Smith v. Allwright: Challenging All White Primary Elections. In Smith v. Allwright, Thurgood Marshall rose in front of the United States Supreme Court to argue that Texas’s Democratic primary system allowed whites to structurally dominate the politics of the one-party South.
