Case: United States v. State of Louisiana

62-02548 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: 1962

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Case Summary

[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.

 

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United States v. State of Louisiana, Eastern District of Louisiana (1961)

People


Attorney for Plaintiff

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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Documents in the Clearinghouse

Document

62-02548

Opinion

Nov. 27, 1963

Nov. 27, 1963

Order/Opinion

225 F.Supp. 353

67

Opinion

Supreme Court of the United States

March 8, 1965

March 8, 1965

Order/Opinion

380 U.S. 145

62-02548

Amended Complaint

None

Complaint

62-02548

Complaint

None

Complaint

Docket

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Docket sheet not available via the Clearinghouse.

Case Details

State / Territory: Louisiana

Case Type(s):

Election/Voting Rights

Special Collection(s):

Civil Rights Division Archival Collection

Key Dates

Filing Date: 1962