| United States v. Alabama | |
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| Argued May 2, 1960 Decided May 16, 1960 | |
| Full case name | United States v. Alabama |
| Docket no. | 398 |
| Citations | 362 U.S. 602 (more) |
| Case history | |
| Prior | United States v. State of Alabama, 267 F.2d 808 (5th Cir. 1959), United States v. State of Alabama, 171 F. Supp. 720 (M.D. Ala. 1959) |
| Holding | |
| A subsequent Civil Rights Act of 1960 of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 allows for the United States to seek relief against unlawful voting practices by states, and thus a district court has jurisdiction even if it previously did not. | |
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| Case opinion | |
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| Laws applied | |
| Civil Rights Act of 1957, Civil Rights Act of 1960 | |
United States v. Alabama, 325 U.S.. 602 (1960), was a Supreme Court case in which the court held that, after the Civil Rights Act of 1960 was signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on May 6, 1960, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama now had jurisdiction to hear a challenge against Alabama for violations of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. This came about after both the district court and the U.S Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dismissed the case because the Civil Rights Act of 1957 did not authorize the United States to seek relief against a state.