Giles v. Harris
United States Supreme Court
189 U.S. 475 (1903)
Relevant factsFree
Jackson Giles (plaintiff), a longtime Alabama voter and president of the Colored Men's Suffrage Association, sued Alabama (defendant) in federal court alleging the state systematically denied Black residents the right to vote, including by refusing to register them, in violation of the Fifteenth Amendment, and sought an injunction against the disenfranchisement scheme. The Supreme Court granted certiorari.
IssueFree
Whether the federal judiciary has authority over local conspiracies to systematically disenfranchise black individuals by preventing them from exercising their right to vote.