Lee v. Washington
| Lee v. Washington | |
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| Argued November 7, 1967 Decided March 11, 1968 | |
| Full case name | Lee, Commissioner of Corrections of Alabama, et al. v. Washington, et al. |
| Citations | 390 U.S. 333 (more) 88 S. Ct. 994; 19 L. Ed. 2d 1212; 1968 U.S. LEXIS 2223 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Washington v. Lee, 263 F. Supp. 327 (N.D. Ala. 1966) |
| Holding | |
| State jails and prisons may not segregate prisoners based on race. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Per curiam | |
| Concurrence | Black, Harlan, and Stewart |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. XIV | |
Lee v. Washington, 390 U.S. 333 (1968), is a United States Supreme Court decision that upheld an appeals court decision to forbid segregation of public prisons.