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Tancil v. Woolls

U.S.
Oct 26, 1964
379 U.S. 19 (1964)

Summary

holding that Virginia laws unconstitutionally required the separation of names by race on voter registration, poll tax, residence-certificate, and property ownership and tax lists.

Summary of this case from Holloway v. City of Va. Beach

Opinion

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA.

No. 386.

Decided October 26, 1964.

Together with No. 412, Virginia Board of Elections et al. v. Hamm et al., also on appeal from the same court.

230 F. Supp. 156, affirmed.

Allison W. Brown, Jr., for appellants in No. 386 and for appellees in No. 412.

Robert Y. Button, Attorney General of Virginia, R. D. McIlwaine III, Assistant Attorney General, William J. Hassan and Ralph G. Louk for appellants in No. 412.



The motion to affirm in No. 412 is granted and the judgment in both cases is affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN is of the opinion that probable jurisdiction should be noted in both cases.

MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN is of the opinion that probable jurisdiction should be noted in No. 386.


Summaries of

Tancil v. Woolls

U.S.
Oct 26, 1964
379 U.S. 19 (1964)

holding that Virginia laws unconstitutionally required the separation of names by race on voter registration, poll tax, residence-certificate, and property ownership and tax lists.

Summary of this case from Holloway v. City of Va. Beach

In Tancil v. Woolls, 379 U.S. 19, 85 S.Ct. 157, 13 L.Ed.2d 91 (1964), the Court approved a requirement that the racial identification of divorced parties be recorded and kept by the state.

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Case details for

Tancil v. Woolls

Case Details

Full title:TANCIL ET AL. v . WOOLLS ET AL., JUDGES

Court:U.S.

Date published: Oct 26, 1964

Citations

379 U.S. 19 (1964)

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