Nixon v. Condon
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Nixon v. Condon is a 1932 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down Texas’s delegation of authority to the Democratic Party to exclude Black voters from primary elections as unconstitutional state action under the Fourteenth Amendment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nixon v. Condon canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nixon v. Condon Context triple: [Grovey v. Townsend, relatedCase, Nixon v. Condon]
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A.
Nixon v. Fitzgerald
Nixon v. Fitzgerald is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court case that established absolute immunity from civil damages liability for a President’s official acts.
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B.
Katzenbach v. Morgan
Katzenbach v. Morgan is a 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s power under the Fourteenth Amendment to prohibit certain state voting restrictions, reinforcing federal authority to protect voting rights.
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C.
Reynolds v. United States
Reynolds v. United States is an 1879 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the distinction between protected religious belief and regulable religiously motivated conduct, holding that the Free Exercise Clause does not excuse individuals from compliance with otherwise valid criminal laws such as those banning polygamy.
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D.
Betts v. Brady
Betts v. Brady was a 1942 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held indigent defendants in state criminal cases were not automatically entitled to court-appointed counsel, a rule later overturned by Gideon v. Wainwright.
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E.
United States v. Nixon
United States v. Nixon was a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited presidential privilege and compelled President Richard Nixon to release the Watergate tapes, reinforcing the principle that not even the president is above the law.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nixon v. Condon Target entity description: Nixon v. Condon is a 1932 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down Texas’s delegation of authority to the Democratic Party to exclude Black voters from primary elections as unconstitutional state action under the Fourteenth Amendment.
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A.
Nixon v. Fitzgerald
Nixon v. Fitzgerald is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court case that established absolute immunity from civil damages liability for a President’s official acts.
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B.
Katzenbach v. Morgan
Katzenbach v. Morgan is a 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s power under the Fourteenth Amendment to prohibit certain state voting restrictions, reinforcing federal authority to protect voting rights.
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C.
Reynolds v. United States
Reynolds v. United States is an 1879 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the distinction between protected religious belief and regulable religiously motivated conduct, holding that the Free Exercise Clause does not excuse individuals from compliance with otherwise valid criminal laws such as those banning polygamy.
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D.
Betts v. Brady
Betts v. Brady was a 1942 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held indigent defendants in state criminal cases were not automatically entitled to court-appointed counsel, a rule later overturned by Gideon v. Wainwright.
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E.
United States v. Nixon
United States v. Nixon was a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited presidential privilege and compelled President Richard Nixon to release the Watergate tapes, reinforcing the principle that not even the president is above the law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fourteenth Amendment case
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United States Supreme Court case ⓘ civil rights case ⓘ voting rights case ⓘ |
| appliesTo | state primary elections conducted under statutory authority ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
civil rights law
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constitutional law ⓘ election law ⓘ |
| citation | 286 U.S. 73 ⓘ |
| clarifiedDoctrine | scope of state action in relation to political parties ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInvolved |
Fourteenth Amendment
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surface form:
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| decisionDate | 1932 ⓘ |
| defendant | C. C. Condon ⓘ |
| effect |
advanced legal challenges to white primary systems in the American South
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limited the ability of states to use political parties to circumvent the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ |
| foundUnconstitutional | Texas statutory scheme delegating to party executive committees the power to determine voter qualifications for primaries ⓘ |
| governmentalActionChallenged | Texas law delegating to party executive committees the power to set primary voter qualifications ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | contributed to the dismantling of legally sanctioned white primaries in the United States ⓘ |
| holding |
Texas’s delegation of authority to the Democratic Party to exclude Black voters from primary elections constituted unconstitutional state action
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the exclusion of Black voters from Texas Democratic primaries under delegated statutory authority violated the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ |
| languageOfProceedings | English ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
African American voting rights
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racial discrimination in primary elections ⓘ state action ⓘ |
| levelOfCourt | federal court of last resort ⓘ |
| locationOfOriginatingDispute | Texas ⓘ |
| partyToCase |
C. C. Condon
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Dr. L. A. Nixon ⓘ other members of the Texas Democratic Party executive committee ⓘ |
| plaintiff | Dr. L. A. Nixon ⓘ |
| precedentFor | later Supreme Court decisions invalidating white primaries ⓘ |
| raceDiscriminationContext | exclusion of Black voters from Democratic Party primaries in Texas ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | important early Supreme Court limitation on white primary practices ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Grovey v. Townsend
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Nixon v. Herndon ⓘ Smith v. Allwright ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Democratic Party primary elections in Texas
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white primary system in Texas ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Jim Crow laws
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surface form:
Jim Crow era
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| typeOfDiscrimination | racial discrimination in voting ⓘ |
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Subject: Nixon v. Condon Description of subject: Nixon v. Condon is a 1932 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down Texas’s delegation of authority to the Democratic Party to exclude Black voters from primary elections as unconstitutional state action under the Fourteenth Amendment.
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