Harman v. Forssenius

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Litigants=Harman v. Forssenius
ArgueDateA=March 1
ArgueDateB=2
ArgueYear=1965
DecideDate=April 27
DecideYear=1965
FullName=Harman v. Forssenius
USVol=380
USPage=538
Citation=85 S. Ct. 1177; 14 L. Ed. 2d 50; 1965 U.S. LEXIS 1347
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Holding=Virginia's law partially eliminating the poll tax violated the Twenty-fourth Amendment.
SCOTUS=1962-1965
Majority=Warren
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"Harman v. Forssenius", ussc|380|528|1965 was a 1965 United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that Virginia's law partially eliminating the poll tax violated the Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Virginia had attempted to dodge this anti-poll tax constitutional amendment by allowing for the poll tax to be waived if the would-be voter filed a certificate of residency six months prior to the election. This decision essentially was the death knell for the poll tax in Virginia.

ee also

* List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 380