383 U.S. 663
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383 U.S. 663 is the official United States Reports citation for the Supreme Court decision in Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections, which struck down state poll taxes in elections as unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause.
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| 383 U.S. 663 canonical | 1 |
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4210882 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 383 U.S. 663 Context triple: [Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections, hasCitation, 383 U.S. 663]
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393 U.S. 503
393 U.S. 503 is the official United States Reports citation for the landmark 1969 Supreme Court decision in Tinker v. Des Moines, which established strong First Amendment free speech protections for public school students.
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Katzenbach v. Morgan
Katzenbach v. Morgan is a 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s power under the Fourteenth Amendment to prohibit certain state voting restrictions, reinforcing federal authority to protect voting rights.
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Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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Learned Hand
Learned Hand was a highly influential American federal judge renowned for his incisive opinions on constitutional and tax law and his lasting impact on U.S. jurisprudence.
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Nixon v. Condon
Nixon v. Condon is a 1932 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down Texas’s delegation of authority to the Democratic Party to exclude Black voters from primary elections as unconstitutional state action under the Fourteenth Amendment.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 383 U.S. 663 Target entity description: 383 U.S. 663 is the official United States Reports citation for the Supreme Court decision in Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections, which struck down state poll taxes in elections as unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause.
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A.
393 U.S. 503
393 U.S. 503 is the official United States Reports citation for the landmark 1969 Supreme Court decision in Tinker v. Des Moines, which established strong First Amendment free speech protections for public school students.
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B.
Katzenbach v. Morgan
Katzenbach v. Morgan is a 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s power under the Fourteenth Amendment to prohibit certain state voting restrictions, reinforcing federal authority to protect voting rights.
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C.
Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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D.
Learned Hand
Learned Hand was a highly influential American federal judge renowned for his incisive opinions on constitutional and tax law and his lasting impact on U.S. jurisprudence.
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E.
Nixon v. Condon
Nixon v. Condon is a 1932 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down Texas’s delegation of authority to the Democratic Party to exclude Black voters from primary elections as unconstitutional state action under the Fourteenth Amendment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Reports citation
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United States Supreme Court decision ⓘ |
| appliesTo | state elections ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
ⓘ
election law ⓘ |
| arguedDate |
1965-01-25
ⓘ
1965-01-26 ⓘ |
| citation |
16 L. Ed. 2d 169
ⓘ
86 S. Ct. 1079 ⓘ |
| concurrenceBy | John M. Harlan II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Equal Protection Clause
ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decidedBy | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1966-03-24 ⓘ |
| dissentBy |
Hugo L. Black
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John M. Harlan II NERFINISHED ⓘ Potter Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| docketNumber |
48
ⓘ
521 ⓘ |
| effect | invalidated state poll taxes as a prerequisite to voting in state elections ⓘ |
| hasCaseName | Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections ⓘ |
| hasShortName | Harper v. Virginia Bd. of Elections NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| holding |
State poll taxes in elections violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
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Wealth or payment of a fee has no relation to voter qualifications under the Equal Protection Clause ⓘ |
| joinedByInMajority |
Abe Fortas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arthur J. Goldberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Byron R. White NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl Warren ⓘ Hugo L. Black NERFINISHED ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Commonwealth of Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| legalIssue | constitutionality of state poll taxes in elections ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | William O. Douglas ⓘ |
| overruledPrecedent | Breedlove v. Suttles ⓘ |
| page | 663 ⓘ |
| party |
Annie E. Harper
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Virginia Board of Elections ⓘ |
| precedentFor | later voting rights cases challenging wealth-based restrictions ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
24th Amendment to the United States Constitution
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surface form:
Twenty-Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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| reporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| stateParty | Virginia ONDG ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
equal protection
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poll tax ⓘ voting rights ⓘ |
| volume | 383 ⓘ |
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