Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections
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Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections is a 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down state poll taxes in elections as unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause, reinforcing protections against wealth-based voting restrictions.
All labels observed (1)
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| Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections Context triple: [24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, notableSupremeCourtCaseRelated, Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections]
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Boynton v. Virginia
Boynton v. Virginia was a 1960 U.S. Supreme Court decision that extended federal prohibitions against racial discrimination in interstate bus terminals, helping lay the legal groundwork for the Freedom Rides.
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Morgan v. Virginia
Morgan v. Virginia was a 1946 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down state laws mandating racial segregation on interstate buses, laying important groundwork for later civil rights actions.
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Milliken v. Bradley
Milliken v. Bradley is a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the scope of school desegregation remedies by ruling that courts could not impose cross-district busing plans absent proof of interdistrict segregation.
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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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E.
South Carolina v. Katzenbach
South Carolina v. Katzenbach is a 1966 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of key provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, affirming broad federal power to combat racial discrimination in voting.
- F. None of above. chosen
- 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: Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections Target entity description: Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections is a 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down state poll taxes in elections as unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause, reinforcing protections against wealth-based voting restrictions.
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A.
Boynton v. Virginia
Boynton v. Virginia was a 1960 U.S. Supreme Court decision that extended federal prohibitions against racial discrimination in interstate bus terminals, helping lay the legal groundwork for the Freedom Rides.
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B.
Morgan v. Virginia
Morgan v. Virginia was a 1946 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down state laws mandating racial segregation on interstate buses, laying important groundwork for later civil rights actions.
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C.
Milliken v. Bradley
Milliken v. Bradley is a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the scope of school desegregation remedies by ruling that courts could not impose cross-district busing plans absent proof of interdistrict segregation.
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D.
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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E.
South Carolina v. Katzenbach
South Carolina v. Katzenbach is a 1966 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of key provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, affirming broad federal power to combat racial discrimination in voting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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constitutional law case ⓘ voting rights case ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
local elections
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state elections ⓘ |
| concerns |
Equal Protection Clause
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Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
surface form:
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
poll tax ⓘ voting rights ⓘ wealth-based voting restrictions ⓘ |
| doesNotRelyOn |
24th Amendment to the United States Constitution
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surface form:
Twenty-Fourth Amendment
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| hasChiefJusticeAtDecision | Earl Warren ⓘ |
| hasCitation | 383 U.S. 663 ⓘ |
| hasConstitutionalBasis |
Equal Protection Clause
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surface form:
Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause
|
| hasCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| hasCourt | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| hasDecisionDate | 1966-03-24 ⓘ |
| hasDecisionType | landmark decision ⓘ |
| hasDissentingOpinionBy |
Hugo L. Black
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John M. Harlan II ⓘ
surface form:
John Marshall Harlan II
|
| hasJurisdiction |
Virginia
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surface form:
Commonwealth of Virginia
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| hasMajorityOpinionBy | William O. Douglas ⓘ |
| hasPage | 663 ⓘ |
| hasPetitioner | Annie E. Harper ⓘ |
| hasReporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| hasRespondent | Virginia Board of Elections ⓘ |
| hasVolume | 383 ⓘ |
| hasYearDecided | 1966 ⓘ |
| 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 cannot be made an electoral standard ⓘ |
| impact | invalidated poll taxes in state and local elections across the United States ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Warren Court era
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surface form:
Warren Court jurisprudence
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| legalPrinciple | Right to vote is too precious, too fundamental to be burdened by a price tag ⓘ |
| overruledPrecedent | Breedlove v. Suttles ⓘ |
| prohibits | conditioning the right to vote on payment of a poll tax ⓘ |
| reinforces | prohibition of wealth discrimination in voting ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Baker v. Carr
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Reynolds v. Sims decision ⓘ
surface form:
Reynolds v. Sims
Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ |
| strengthens | judicial protection of the franchise ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
civil rights
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election law ⓘ equal protection jurisprudence ⓘ |
| timeContext | Civil Rights Era ⓘ |
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Subject: Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections Description of subject: Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections is a 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down state poll taxes in elections as unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause, reinforcing protections against wealth-based voting restrictions.
Referenced by (2)
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24th Amendment to the United States Constitution
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notableSupremeCourtCaseRelated
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Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections
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