Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Harper_v._Virginia_Board_of_Elections
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:arguedDate 1966-01-26
1966-01-25
gptkbp:citation gptkb:383_U.S._663
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date 1966-03-24
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Hugo_Black
gptkb:John_Marshall_Harlan_II
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Annie_E._Harper_et_al._v._Virginia_State_Board_of_Elections_et_al.
gptkbp:heldBy Virginia's poll tax is unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections
gptkbp:legalSubject gptkb:Equal_Protection_Clause
voting rights
poll tax
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:William_O._Douglas
gptkbp:overruledBy gptkb:Virginia_poll_tax
gptkbp:predecessor abolition of poll taxes in state elections
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Breedlove_v._Suttles
gptkbp:votingSystem 6-3
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Justice_Hugo_Black
gptkb:Warren_Court_decisions
gptkb:Justice_Black
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7