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Harrison, Governor of Virginia and argued under the name Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections. [2] In the initial case lawyers for Harper and Butts argued against the constitutionality of the poll tax, but on November 12 the courts dismissed the case, citing 1930s precedents established by the United States Supreme Court. [3]
383 U.S. 301 (1966) Voting Rights Act, Fifteenth Amendment Memoirs v. Massachusetts: Free Speech: 383 U.S. 413 (1966) obscenity Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections: 383 U.S. 663 (1966) poll taxes are unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause: United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs: 383 U.S. 715 (1966) federal court jurisdiction over ...
Case name Citation Date decided Graham v. John Deere Co. 383 U.S. 1: 1966: United States v. Adams: 383 U.S. 39: 1966: Linn v. Plant Guard Workers: 383 U.S. 53
These were struck down in 1966 by the US Supreme Court decision in Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections (1966), which ruled poll taxes unconstitutional even for state elections. Federal district courts in Alabama and Texas, respectively, struck down these states' poll taxes less than two months before the Harper ruling was issued.
Pages in category "1966 in United States case law" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. ... Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections; K.
1966 Virginia elections (3 P) S. 1966 in sports in Virginia (7 P) Pages in category "1966 in Virginia" ... Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections
March 24 – Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections, decided in the Supreme Court, rules that requiring payment of a poll tax as eligibility to vote in state elections is unconstitutional. [1] March 26 – Demonstrations are held across the U.S. against the Vietnam War. March 28 – The Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, visits ...
This clause was the basis for the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education (1954), that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, and its prohibition of laws against interracial marriage, in its ruling in Loving v. Virginia (1967). [17] [18]