| Litigants: | Snowden v. Hughes |
| Arguedate: | December 13 |
| Argueyear: | 1943 |
| Decidedate: | January 17 |
| Decideyear: | 1944 |
| Fullname: | Joseph Snowden v. Edward J. Hughes and Louie E. Louis |
| Usvol: | 321 |
| Uspage: | 1 |
| Parallelcitations: | 64 S. Ct. 397; 88 L. Ed. 497 |
| Prior: | 132 F.2d 476 (7th Cir.), cert. granted, 319 U.S. 738. |
| Holding: | The Fourteenth Amendment does not protect rights pertinent solely to state citizenship, and the equal protection clause does not protect citizens from unfair applications of fair state laws where purposeful discrimination is absent. |
| Majority: | Stone |
| Joinmajority: | Roberts, Black, Reed, Frankfurther, Jackson |
| Concurrence: | Frankfurter |
| Concurrence2: | Rutledge (in judgment) |
| Dissent: | Douglas |
| Joindissent: | Murphy |
| Lawsapplied: | United States Constitution, Amendment XIV |
Snowden v. Hughes, 321 U.S. 1 (1944), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution does not protect rights pertinent solely to state citizenship, and that the equal protection clause does not protect citizens from unfair applications of fair state laws where purposeful discrimination is absent.[1]