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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.
Allwright, 321 U.S. 649 (1944) Smith v. Allwright No. 51 Argued November 10, 12, 1943 Reargued January 12, 1944 Decided April 3, 1944 321 U.S. 649 CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Syllabus 1. The right of a citizen of the United States to vote for the nomination of candidates for the United States Senate and ...
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.
Nov 28, 2018 · Allwright Case Brief. Following is the case brief for Smith v. 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 ...
Political Participation. >. Landmark: Smith v. Allwright. 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 ...
While this requirement has been held to preclude one who has voted in the party primary from appearing on the ballot as an independent, Westerman v. Mims, 111 Tex. 29, 227 S.W. 178; see Cunningham v. McDermett, Tex.Civ.App., 277 S.W. 218, one who lost at the primary may still be elected at the general election by a write-in vote. Cunningham v.
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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. The election was to select the party nominees for U.S. senator and representative, as well as ...
