...contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and be entitled to tlie full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and...citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses and exactions of every kind, and to no other." Section 1,978: '-All citi/ens...

...same right, in every State and Territory in the United States, to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase,...citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, 24 Opinion of the Court. joyed by white citizens thereof to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and...

...evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and property as is enjoyed by white citizens ; and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses, and exactions of every kind, and to no other. " t Your committee believe...

...same right, in every State and Territory in the United States, to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties' and give evidence, to inherit, purchase,...proceedings for the security of person and property, RS is enjoyed by white citizens.'' Although the amendment is naturally in more general terms than the...

...previous condition of slavery, ' ' shall have the same i ( right to make and enforee contracts, to sue and be parties and give evidence, to inherit, purchase,...proceedings for the security of person and property." Here, sir, I contend, we have fully established the principle, and upon the same principle have full...

...and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and...citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses, and exactions of every kind, and none other; any law, statute, ordinance,...

...§ 3602 contravenes the act of Congress. That act requires that persons of "every race and color." "shall be subject to like punishment, pains and penalties, and to none other." It prohibits a discrimination, on account of color or race, in the imposition of punishment. It does...

...reinforce and make universal the Civil Rights Act, which provides that all classes shall be entitled " to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property." The act in question removes a certain class from this protection. Shall the citizens of Connecticut...

...same right in every State and Territory in the United States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase,...or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any person who, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation,...

...or prejudice, any of the civil rights or immunities belonging to white persons, including the right to make and enforce contracts, to eue, be parties,...hold and convey real and personal property, and to have full and equal benefit oí all laws and proceedings for the security of person and estate, including...