The Guinn v. United States reference article from the English Wikipedia on 24-Jul-2004 (provided by Fixed Reference: snapshots of Wikipedia from wikipedia.org)

Guinn v. United States

Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915 is an important U.S. Supreme Court case that deals with Jim Crow laws, which helped enforce segregation in the United States between 1865 and 1964.

The Case

Argued before the Court on 17 October 1913.

The Decision

Handed down on 21 June 1915, in the decision the Court ruled that an Oklahoma law that denied the right to vote to some citizens was unconstitutional.

See also:

• List of United States Supreme Court Cases

This is the "Guinn v. United States" reference article from the English Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. See also our Disclaimer.