Supreme Court· 3/13/1944

Snowden v. Hughes

Citations

321 U.S. 1
64 S. Ct. 397
88 L. Ed. 497
1944 U.S. LEXIS 1383

How courts have described this case

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holding that an officer’s failure to comply with the Illinois Forcible Entry and Detainer Act “does not matter” for purposes of a Fourth Amendment claim
holding that an officer’s failure to comply with the Illinois Forcible Entry and Detainer Act “does not matter” for purposes of a Fourth Amendment claim
holding that the failure of state officials to certify that an unsuccessful candidate in a primary election was a duly elected nominee of his party was based upon a permissible classification
concluding that alleged “unlawful administration by state officers of a state statute fair on its face, resulting in its unequal application to those who are entitled to be treated alike, is not a denial of equal protection” (emphasis added)
explaining that “a discriminatory purpose is not to be presumed, there must be a showing of ‘clear and intentional discrimination’” (citations omitted)
reaffirming Taylor and holding that a senatorial candidate does not have a property inter est, secured by due process, in an elected office

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Judges: Douglas, Stone, Frankfurter, Rutledge

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