Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Tancil v. Woolls
Tancil v. Woolls, 379 U.S. 19 (1964)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1964-10-26
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- holding that OR Virginia laws unconstitutionally required the separation of names by race on voter registration, poll tax, residence-certificate, and property ownership and tax lists.
- court entertained equal protection challenge, brought by blacks and whites, to statutes requiring that public records be kept on segregated basis
- law requiring separate lists of blacks and whites in voting, property, and tax records invalid
- designation of race in voting and property records
Citator
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- Authority status
- pending
- Cited by
- 52 opinions
Per Curiam.
. 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.