UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DECISIONS ON-LINE

JOHNSON V. VIRGINIA, 373 U. S. 61 (1963)

373 U. S. 61

U.S. Supreme Court

Johnson v. Virginia, 373 U.S. 61 (1963)

Johnson v. Virginia

No. 715

Decided April 29, 1963

373 U.S. 61

Syllabus

Petitioner, a Negro, was convicted of contempt of court solely because he refused to comply with a judge's instructions to sit in the section of a courtroom reserved for Negroes.

Held: A State may not require racial segregation in a courtroom, and the conviction is reversed. Pp. 373 U. S. 61-62.

Reversed.


ClubJuris.Com