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Nov 28, 2018 · Allwright, 321 U.S. 649 (1944) Case Summary of Smith v. Allwright: The Democratic Party in the State of Texas only allowed white people to vote in Democratic primaries. Smith, a black Texas voter, sued the county election official, Allwright, for damages of $5,000 for denying him the right to vote in the Democratic primary.
Smith v. 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 .
Justia › U.S. Law › U.S. Case Law › U.S. Supreme Court › Opinions by Volume › Volume 321 › Smith v. Allwright. Smith v. Allwright, 321 U.S. 649 (1944) 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.
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.
Jan 24, 2007 · Primary Document. 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.
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.
Smith v. Allwright. 321 U.S. 649. Case Year: 1944. Case Ruling: 8-1, Reversed. Opinion Justice: Reed. FACTS. Lonnie E. Smith, a black resident of Harris County, Texas, was denied the right to vote in the Democratic primary election of July 27, 1940.
