Lane v. Wilson
Lane v. Wilson, 307 U.S. 268 (1939), was a United States Supreme Court case that found a 12-day one-time voter registration window to be discriminatory for black citizens and repugnant to the Fifteenth Amendment.
| Lane v. Wilson | |
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Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Argued March 3, 1939 Decided May 22, 1939 | |
| Full case name | Lane v. Wilson et al. |
| Citations | 307 U.S. 268 (more) 59 S. Ct. 872; 83 L. Ed. 1281 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | 98 F.2d 980 (10th Cir. 1938); cert. granted, 305 U.S. 591 (1938). |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Frankfurter, joined by Hughes, Stone, Roberts, Black, Reed |
| Dissent | McReynolds, Butler |
| Douglas took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
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