HARPER v. VIRGINIA BD. OF ELECTIONS

No. 48.

383 U.S. 663 (1966)

HARPER ET AL. v. VIRGINIA BOARD OF ELECTIONS ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 24, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allison W. Brown, Jr., argued the cause for appellants in No. 48. With him on the brief were Lawrence Speiser and Philip Schwartz.

Robert L. Segar and J. A. Jordan, Jr., argued the cause for appellant in No. 655. With them on the brief were Max Dean and Len W. Holt.

George D. Gibson argued the cause for appellees in both cases. With him on the briefs were Robert Y. Button, Attorney General of Virginia, Richard N. Harris, Assistant Attorney General, and Joseph C. Carter, Jr.

Solicitor General Marshall argued the cause for the United States, as amicus curiae in No. 48, by special leave of Court, urging reversal. With him on the brief were Attorney General Katzenbach, Assistant Attorney General Doar, Ralph S. Spritzer, David Rubin, James L. Kelley and Richard A. Posner.


MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

These are suits by Virginia residents to have declared unconstitutional Virginia's poll tax.1 The three-judge District Court, feeling bound by our decision in Breedlove v. Suttles, 302 U.S. 277, dismissed the complaint. See 240 F.Supp. 270. The cases came...

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