Anderson v. Martin

Anderson v. Martin
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 20, 1963 Decided January 13, 1964
Full case name	Dupuy H. Anderson v. Wade O. Martin, Jr
Citations	375 U.S. 399 (more) 84 S.Ct. 454, 11 L.Ed.2d 430
Case history
Prior	Dupuy H. Anderson and Acie J. Belton, Complainants, v. Wade O. Martin, jr, E.D. La.
Holding
Compulsory designation by Louisiana of the race of the candidate on the ballot operates as a discrimination against appellants, and is violative of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black · William O. Douglas Tom C. Clark · John M. Harlan II William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Arthur Goldberg
Case opinion
Majority	Clark, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
U.S. Const. Amend. XIV

Anderson v. Martin, 375 U.S. 399, was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled unconstitutional a Louisiana statute that required that the race of all candidates be listed on ballots.

Background

See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 375

External links

• Text of Anderson v. Martin, 375 U.S. 399 (1964) is available from: Cornell  CourtListener  Google Scholar  Justia  Library of Congress  Oyez (oral argument audio)