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

Name: Lee v. Washington, 390 U.S. 333 (1968) - Lee v. Washington, 390 U.S. 333 (1968)
Author: U.S. Supreme Court

Per curiam opinion.

PER CURIAM.

This appeal challenges a decree of a three-judge District Court declaring that certain Alabama statutes violate the Fourteenth Amendment to the extent that they require segregation of the races in prisons and jails and establishing a schedule for desegregation of these institutions. The State’s contentions that Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which relates to class actions, was violated in this case and that the challenged statutes are not unconstitutional are without merit. The remaining contention of the State is that the specific orders directing desegregation of prisons and jails make no allowance for the necessities of prison security and discipline, but we do not so read the "Order, Judgment and Decree" of the District Court, which, when read as a whole, we find unexceptionable.

The judgment is affirmed.

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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Lee v. Washington, 390 U.S. 333 (1968)," Lee v. Washington, 390 U.S. 333 (1968) in 390 U.S. 333 390 U.S. 334. Original Sources, accessed May 8, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3WJMBZTZ2UF5STC.

MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Lee v. Washington, 390 U.S. 333 (1968)." Lee v. Washington, 390 U.S. 333 (1968), in 390 U.S. 333, page 390 U.S. 334. Original Sources. 8 May. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3WJMBZTZ2UF5STC.

Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Lee v. Washington, 390 U.S. 333 (1968)' in Lee v. Washington, 390 U.S. 333 (1968). cited in 1968, 390 U.S. 333, pp.390 U.S. 334. Original Sources, retrieved 8 May 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3WJMBZTZ2UF5STC.

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

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