Giles v. Harris |Giles v. Harris| Supreme Court of the United
States |Submitted February 24, 1903 Decided April 27, 1903 |Full
case name||Jackson W. Giles, Appellant v. E. Jeff Harris,
William A. Gunter, Jr., and Charles B. Teasley, Board of
Registrars of Montgomery County, Alabama| |Citations||189 U.S.
475 (more) 23 S. Ct. 639; 47 L. Ed. 909; 1903 U.S. LEXIS 1378
|Prior history||Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United
States for the Middle District of Alabama| |The Court refused to
assist African Americans in Alabama who were being
systematically denied the right to vote by a scheme set up by
the all-white state legislature.| |Majority||Holmes, joined by
Fuller, White, Peckham, McKenna, Day| |Dissent||Brewer, joined
by Brown| |U.S. Const., Amendments XI & XV| Giles v. Harris, 189
U.S. 475 (1903), was an early 20th century United States Supreme
Court case in which the Court upheld a state constitution's
requirements for voter registration and qualifications. Although
the plaintiff accused the state of dis