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Legal Citation: 371 U.S. 415 (1963)

Petitioner
NAACP

Respondent
Robert Y. Button, Attorney General of Virginia

Petitioner's Claim
That Chapter 33 of the Virginia Acts of Assembly, Extra Session 1956, violated its Fourteenth Amendment rights.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Robert L. Carter

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Henry T. Wickham

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, William J. Brennan, Jr. (writing for the Court), William O. Douglas, Arthur Goldberg, Earl Warren

Justices Dissenting
Tom C. Clark, John Marshall Harlan II, Potter Stewart, Byron R. White

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
14 January 1963

Decision
The Court, reversing the decision of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, held that Chapter 33 of the Virginia Acts of Assembly,...