Court Case
Lane v. Wilson
The Supreme Court struck down Oklahoma's replacement voter registration scheme because it preserved advantages for voters previously protected by a grandfather clause while imposing restrictive, short registration windows on Black citizens excluded under Jim Crow.
Year
1939
Impact
Positive
Status
Active
Party
Unknown
Era
Jim Crow and Disenfranchisement
Impact Context
The ruling invalidated one adaptation of disfranchisement after Guinn v. United States, though Southern states continued searching for other suppression techniques.
What This Policy Did
The ruling invalidated one adaptation of disfranchisement after Guinn v. United States, though Southern states continued searching for other suppression techniques.
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Sources
Justia U.S. Supreme Court Center • Archive • Feb 27, 1939
Decision text describing Oklahoma's replacement registration scheme after Guinn.