Hunter v. Underwood
1985 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hunter v. Underwood, 471 U.S. 222 (1985), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously invalidated the criminal disenfranchisement provision of § 182 of the Alabama Constitution as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.[1]
Quick Facts Hunter v. Underwood, Argued February 26, 1985 Decided April 16, 1985 ...
Hunter v. Underwood | |
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Argued February 26, 1985 Decided April 16, 1985 | |
Full case name | Hunter, et al. v. Victor Underwood, et al. |
Citations | 471 U.S. 222 (more) 105 S. Ct. 1916; 85 L. Ed. 2d 222; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 2740; 53 U.S.L.W. 4468 |
Holding | |
Even if racially neutral in text, a law enacted with the intent to disenfranchise a particular group of persons is inherently unequal. | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Rehnquist, joined by Burger, Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens, O'Connor |
Powell took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. XIV Art. VIII, § 182 of the Alabama Constitution of 1901 |
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