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Legal Citation: 384 U.S. 641 (1966)

Appellant
U.S. Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach and New York City Board of Elections

Appellee
Morgan and other registered voters

Appellant's Claim
That the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a valid congressional act for enforcing the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Alfred Avins

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, William J. Brennan, Jr. (writing for the Court), Tom C. Clark, William O. Douglas, Abe Fortas, Earl Warren, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
John Marshall Harlan II, Potter Stewart

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
13 June 1966

Decision
Ruled in favor of Katzenbach and reversed a lower...