Texas v. United States, 1218
| Decision Date | 02 May 1966 |
| Docket Number | No. 1218,1218 |
| Citation | 86 S.Ct. 1383,16 L.Ed.2d 434,384 U.S. 155 |
| Parties | TEXAS v. UNITED STATES |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
Waggoner Carr, Atty. Gen. of Texas, Hawthorne Phillips, First Asst. Atty. Gen., and Mary K. Wall, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.
Solicitor General Marshall, for the United States.
The motion to affirm is granted and the judgment is affirmed. Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections, 383 U.S. 663, 86 S.Ct. 1079.
Mr. Justice BLACK dissents for the reasons given in his dissenting opinion in Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections, supra.
Mr. Justice HARLAN, joined by Mr. Justice STEWART, dissents for the reasons given in his dissenting opinion in Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections, supra.
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