HARPER et al. v. VIRGINIA BOARD OF ELECTIONS et al. (1966)

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HARPER et al. v. VIRGINIA BOARD OF ELECTIONS et al.
Term: 1965
Important Dates
Argued: January 25, 1966
Decided: March 24, 1966
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
Hugo Black • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart

HARPER et al. v. VIRGINIA BOARD OF ELECTIONS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 24, 1966. The case was argued before the court on January 25, 1966.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Virginia Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Voting
  • Petitioner: voter, prospective voter, elector, or a nonelective official seeking reapportionment or redistricting of legislative districts (POL)
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
  • Respondent state: Virginia
  • Citation: 383 U.S. 663
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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