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Giles v. Harris
United States Supreme Court
189 U.S. 475 (1903)
- Written by Sean Carroll, JD
Facts
Jackson Giles (plaintiff) was president of the Colored Men’s Suffrage Association. Giles voted in Alabama from 1871 to 1901. Giles, however, brought suit in federal court against the State of Alabama (defendant), alleging that the state systematically denied black individuals the right to vote through a variety of means, including failing to allow them to register, in violation of the Fifteenth Amendment. Giles sought an injunction, enjoining the claimed disenfranchisement. The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Holmes, J.)
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