1. Chaffraix v. Shiff, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, January 10, 1876, Decided; OCTOBER, 1875 Term
2. United States v. Reese, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, March 27, 1876, Decided; OCTOBER, 1875 Term
OVERVIEW: Where neither a statute nor the Fifteenth Amendment provided specific punishments for inhibiting a person's right to vote because of race, the trial court could not amend the law to do so as it would have encroached on legislative responsibilities.
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