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"Terry v. Adams 345 U.S. 461 (1953)." Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. Gale. 2000. HighBeam Research. 11 Jun. 2014 <http://www.highbeam.com>.
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With confidence, we can call Terry the last of the series of "Texas primary cases" beginning with nixon v. herndon (1927). The decision is also a clear modern example of the "public function" strand of state action doctrine. In a Texas county, a group called the Jaybird Democratic Association conducted pre-primary elections, from which black voters were excluded. The winners of these elections consistently won both the Democratic primaries and the general elections. The Supreme Court held that black plaintiffs were entitled to a declaratory judgment that their exclusion from the Jaybird election amounted to state action in violation of the fifteenth amendment. …
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