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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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gptkbp:basisOfDecision
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gptkb:Equal_Protection_Clause_of_the_Fourteenth_Amendment
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gptkbp:category
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Civil rights case
Fourteenth Amendment case
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gptkbp:citation
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gptkb:273_U.S._536
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gptkbp:date
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1927-03-07
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gptkbp:decidedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
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gptkbp:defendant
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gptkb:C.C._Herndon
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gptkbp:effect
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Struck down state-sanctioned white primaries
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gptkbp:heldBy
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Texas law barring Black citizens from Democratic primary elections is unconstitutional
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Nixon v. Herndon
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gptkbp:legalIssue
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Racial discrimination in voting
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Texas
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gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
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gptkb:Justice_Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Jr.
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gptkbp:plaintiff
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gptkb:Dr._Lawrence_A._Nixon
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Smith_v._Allwright
gptkb:Nixon_v._Condon
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gptkbp:stateLawChallenged
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gptkb:Texas_statute_of_1923
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gptkbp:subject
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Voting rights
Racial segregation
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gptkbp:unanimousDecision
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true
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Grovey_v._Townsend
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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