Lane v. Wilson
| Lane v. Wilson | |
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| Argued March 3, 1939 Decided May 22, 1939 | |
| Full case name | Lane v. Wilson et al. |
| Citations | 307 U.S. 268 (more) 59 S. Ct. 872; 83 L. Ed. 1281 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | 98 F.2d 980 (10th Cir. 1938); cert. granted, 305 U.S. 591 (1938). |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Frankfurter, joined by Hughes, Stone, Roberts, Black, Reed |
| Dissent | McReynolds, Butler |
| Douglas took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
Lane v. Wilson, 307 U.S. 268 (1939), was a United States Supreme Court case that found a 12-day one-time voter registration window to be discriminatory for black citizens who were excluded from voting prior and repugnant to the Fifteenth Amendment. It eliminated the power of county registrars illegally excluding black citizens.