Snowden v. Hughes

Snowden v. Hughes, 321 U.S. 1 (1944), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution does not protect rights pertinent solely to state citizenship, and that the equal protection clause does not protect citizens from unfair applications of fair state laws where purposeful discrimination is absent.

Snowden v. Hughes
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 13, 1943 Decided January 17, 1944
Full case name	Joseph Snowden v. Edward J. Hughes and Louie E. Louis
Citations	321 U.S. 1 (more) 64 S. Ct. 397; 88 L. Ed. 497
Case history
Prior	132 F.2d 476 (7th Cir.), cert. granted, 319 U.S. 738.
Holding
The Fourteenth Amendment does not protect rights pertinent solely to state citizenship, and the equal protection clause does not protect citizens from unfair applications of fair state laws where purposeful discrimination is absent.
Court membership
Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone Associate Justices Owen Roberts · Hugo Black Stanley F. Reed · Felix Frankfurter William O. Douglas · Frank Murphy Robert H. Jackson · Wiley B. Rutledge
Case opinions
Majority	Stone, joined by Roberts, Black, Reed, Frankfurther, Jackson
Concurrence	Frankfurter
Concurrence	Rutledge (in judgment)
Dissent	Douglas, joined by Murphy
Laws applied
United States Constitution, Amendment XIV

External links

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