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Legal Citation: 390 U.S. 333 (1968)

Petitioner
Frank Lee, et al.

Respondent
Caliph Washington, et al.

Petitioner's Claim
That an Alabama law segregating blacks from whites in prisons and jails was constitutionally permissible.

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Nicholas S. Hare, Special Assistant Attorney General of Alabama

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Charles Morgan, Jr.

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, William J. Brennan, Jr., William O. Douglas, Abe Fortas, John Marshall Harlan II, Thurgood Marshall, Potter Stewart, Earl Warren, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
11 March 1968

Decision
The Alabama law segregating blacks from whites in jails and prisons was held to be unconstitutional under the...