Grovey v. Townsend

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Grovey v. Townsend was a 1935 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the Texas Democratic Party’s whites-only primary rule, later repudiated as unconstitutional racial discrimination in voting.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
civil rights case ⓘ
voting rights case ⓘ
affectedGroup Black voters ⓘ
caseType appeal from a state court decision ⓘ
citation 295 U.S. 45 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1935-04-22 ⓘ
defendant Townsend ⓘ
discriminationType racial discrimination in voting ⓘ
fullName Grovey v. Townsend, 295 U.S. 45 (1935) ⓘ
linked to: Grovey v. Townsend
historicalContext Jim Crow era voting restrictions ⓘ
historicalSignificance part of the line of cases addressing the legality of white primary systems in the American South ⓘ
holding Texas Democratic Party’s whites-only primary rule did not constitute state action and therefore did not violate the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments ⓘ
impact contributed to the development of the state action doctrine in election law ⓘ
temporarily validated the use of party rules to exclude Black voters from primaries ⓘ
issue constitutionality of whites-only primary elections ⓘ
racial discrimination in primary voting ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Texas

United States ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
laterCharacterization unconstitutional racial discrimination in voting ⓘ
legalArea civil rights law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
election law ⓘ
legalDoctrine state action doctrine ⓘ
outcome Texas Democratic Party’s whites-only primary rule was upheld ⓘ
overruledBy Smith v. Allwright ⓘ
overruledByCitation Smith v. Allwright, 321 U.S. 649 (1944) ⓘ
linked to: Smith v. Allwright
party R. R. Grovey ⓘ
Townsend ⓘ
plaintiff R. R. Grovey ⓘ
precedentStatus later overruled ⓘ
relatedCase Nixon v. Condon ⓘ
Nixon v. Herndon ⓘ
Smith v. Allwright ⓘ
stateInvolved Texas ⓘ
subjectMatter Democratic Party primary elections in Texas ⓘ
timePeriod 1930s ⓘ
votingRightImplication limited access of Black citizens to meaningful participation in Democratic Party primaries in Texas ⓘ

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Smith v. Allwright → overruledPrecedent → Grovey v. Townsend ⓘ
Grovey v. Townsend → fullName → Grovey v. Townsend, 295 U.S. 45 (1935) ⓘ
linked to: Grovey v. Townsend
Nixon v. Herndon → relatedCase → Grovey v. Townsend ⓘ
Nixon v. Condon → relatedCase → Grovey v. Townsend ⓘ
R. R. Grovey → partyToCase → Grovey v. Townsend ⓘ
R. R. Grovey → subjectOf → Grovey v. Townsend ⓘ