McLaughlin v. Florida

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1964-12-07

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Mr. Justice White delivered the opinion of the Court. At issue in this case is the validity of a conviction under § 798.05 of the Florida statutes, providing that: “Any negro man and white woman, or any white man and negro woman, who -are not married to each other, who shall habitually live in and occupy in the nighttime the same room shall each be punished by imprisonment not exc…

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