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GILES V. HARRIS, 189 U. S. 475 (1903)
189 U. S. 475U.S. Supreme Court
Giles v. Harris, 189 U.S. 475 (1903)
Giles v. Harris
No. 493
Submitted February, 24, 1903
Decided April 27, 1903
189 U.S. 475
Syllabus
A Circuit Court of the United States in Alabama has not jurisdiction of
an action in equity brought by a colored man, resident in Alabama, on behalf of himself and other negroes to compel the board of registrars to enroll their names upon the voting lists of the county in which they reside under a constitution alleged to be contrary to the Constitution of the United States.
The case is stated in the opinion of the court. clubjuris