Supreme Court Opinion Detailed Record

Participant Info

Case
Afroyim v. Rusk
Citation
387 US 253
Type
Majority
Year
1967
Description

At the Court, Black writes the majority opinion in Afroyim v. Rusk overturning a prior Court opinion by holding that “the Fourteenth Amendment was designed to, and does, protect every citizen of this Nation against a congressional forcible destruction of his citizenship, whatever his creed, color, or race.”


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