Lee v. Washington

Lee v. Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 7, 1967
Decided March 11, 1968
Full case nameLee, Commissioner of Corrections of Alabama, et al. v. Washington, et al.
Citations390 U.S. 333 (more)
88 S. Ct. 994; 19 L. Ed. 2d 1212; 1968 U.S. LEXIS 2223
Case history
PriorWashington v. Lee, 263 F. Supp. 327 (N.D. Ala. 1966)
Holding
State jails and prisons may not segregate prisoners based on race.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Earl Warren
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · William O. Douglas
John M. Harlan II · William J. Brennan Jr.
Potter Stewart · Byron White
Abe Fortas · Thurgood Marshall
Case opinions
Per curiam
ConcurrenceBlack, 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.[1]

  1. ^ Lee v. Washington, 390 U.S. 333 (1968).