1950's Law and Justice | Henderson v. U.S

Supreme Court decision

By: Harold Burton

Date: June 5, 1950

Source: Burton, Harold. Henderson v. United States, 339 U.S. 816. Available online at http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&v... ; website home page: http://www.findlaw.com (accessed March 3, 2003).

About the Author: Harold Burton (1888–1964), a native of Boston, received his law degree from Harvard. He later moved to Ohio and became mayor of Cleveland. He served as senator from Ohio from 1941 to 1945. Even though he was a Republican, he was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Harry S. Truman (a Democrat). He retired in 1958 for health reasons.

Introduction

When slavery was abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment, racial...