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GROVEY v. TOWNSEND

No. 563.

295 U.S. 45 (1935)

55 S.Ct. 622

79 L.Ed. 1292

GROVEY v. TOWNSEND.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 1, 1935.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. Alston Atkins, with whom Mr. Carter W. Wesley was on the brief, for petitioner.

No appearance for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioner, by complaint filed in the Justice Court of Harris County, Texas, alleged that although he is a citizen of the United States and of the State and County, and a member of and believer in the tenets of the Democratic party, the respondent, the county clerk, a state officer, having as such only public functions to perform, refused him a ballot for a Democratic party primary election, because he is...

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