Snowden v. Hughes

Snowden v. Hughes
Argued December 13, 1943
Decided January 17, 1944
Full case name Joseph Snowden v. Edward J. Hughes and Louie E. Louis
Citations 321 U.S. 1 (more)
64 S. Ct. 397; 88 L. Ed. 497
Prior history 132 F.2d 476 (7th Cir.), cert. granted, 319 U.S. 738.
Holding
The Fourteenth Amendment does not protect rights pertinent solely to state citizenship, and the equal protection clause does not protect citizens from unfair applications of fair state laws where purposeful discrimination is absent.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Harlan F. Stone
Associate Justices
Owen Roberts · Hugo Black
Stanley F. Reed · Felix Frankfurter
William O. Douglas · Frank Murphy
Robert H. Jackson · Wiley B. Rutledge
Case opinions
Majority Stone, joined by Roberts, Black, Reed, Frankfurther, Jackson
Concurrence Frankfurter
Concurrence Rutledge (in judgment)
Dissent Douglas, joined by Murphy
Laws applied
United States Constitution, Amendment XIV

Snowden v. Hughes, 321 U.S. 1 (1944), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution does not protect rights pertinent solely to state citizenship, and that the equal protection clause does not protect citizens from unfair applications of fair state laws where purposeful discrimination is absent.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Snowden v. Hughes, 321 U.S. 1 (1944).
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