United States v. Texas (voting rights)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:law
gptkbp:category	United States Supreme Court cases 1966 in United States case law Voting rights case
gptkbp:citation	384 U.S. 155
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date	March 7, 1966
gptkbp:defendant	gptkb:State_of_Texas
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:United_States_v._Texas
gptkbp:heldBy	Poll tax as a precondition for voting in state elections is unconstitutional.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	United States v. Texas (voting rights)
gptkbp:impact	struck down poll taxes in state elections
gptkbp:involvedState	gptkb:Texas
gptkbp:judge	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:legalBasis	gptkb:Twenty-fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:Earl_Warren
gptkbp:plaintiff	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Harper_v._Virginia_Board_of_Elections
gptkbp:subject	voting rights poll tax
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Justice_Civil_Rights_Division
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8