Filed Date: 1962
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[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the Attorney General sued the State of Louisiana on behalf of the United States, alleging that Louisiana’s constitutional requirement that applicants for voting registration be able to understand and give a reasonable interpretation of any section of the state or federal Constitution was discriminatory. The case was filed in 1962, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
United States v. State of Louisiana, Eastern District of Louisiana (1961)
Doar, John (District of Columbia)
La Cour, Louis C. (Louisiana)
Marshall, Burke (District of Columbia)
Owen, D. Robert (District of Columbia)
Ruddell, Kathleen (Louisiana)
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Filing Date: 1962