three-judge panel finding a Louisiana Constitution requirement that registration applicants be able to read and “give a reasonable interpretation” of any- clause of the Louisiana or United States Constitution violated Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments
How later courts described this case
- three-judge panel finding a Louisiana Constitution requirement that registration applicants be able to read and “give a reasonable interpretation” of any- clause of the Louisiana or United States Constitution violated Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments
- discussing the history of disenfranchisement laws in Louisiana from statehood through the first half of the 20th century
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
WEST, District Judge
(dissenting).
I respectfully dissent. Reasons to be assigned.