Myers v. Anderson, 238 U.S. 368 (1915), was a United States Supreme Court decision that held Maryland state officials liable for civil damages for enforcing a grandfather clause. Grandfather clauses exempted voters from requirements such as poll taxes and literacy tests if their grandfathers had been registered voters, and were largely designed to exempt white voters from restrictions intended to disenfranchise former black slaves and their descendants.[1] Despite striking down the Maryland law as discriminatory, the court noted that economic discrimination in the form of property requirements should be presumed to be "free from constitutional objection."[2]
Charles E. Myers and A. Claude Kalmey, Plffs. in Err., v. John B. Anderson; Charles E. Myers and A. Claude Kalmey, Plffs. in Err., v. William H. Howard; Charles E. Myers and A. Claude Kalmey, Plffs. in Err., v. Robert Brown
^ abMahoney, Dennis J. (January 1, 2000). "Guinn v. United States 238 U.S. 347 (1915)". Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. Cengage. Retrieved October 24, 2023 – via encyclopedia.com.
^Keyssar, Alexander. "The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States," Basic Books, 2000, p. 108.
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myers, anderson, 1915, united, states, supreme, court, decision, that, held, maryland, state, officials, liable, civil, damages, enforcing, grandfather, clause, grandfather, clauses, exempted, voters, from, requirements, such, poll, taxes, literacy, tests, the. Myers v Anderson 238 U S 368 1915 was a United States Supreme Court decision that held Maryland state officials liable for civil damages for enforcing a grandfather clause Grandfather clauses exempted voters from requirements such as poll taxes and literacy tests if their grandfathers had been registered voters and were largely designed to exempt white voters from restrictions intended to disenfranchise former black slaves and their descendants 1 Despite striking down the Maryland law as discriminatory the court noted that economic discrimination in the form of property requirements should be presumed to be free from constitutional objection 2 Myers v AndersonSupreme Court of the United StatesArgued November 11 12 1913Decided June 21 1915Full case nameCharles E Myers and A Claude Kalmey Plffs in Err v John B Anderson Charles E Myers and A Claude Kalmey Plffs in Err v William H Howard Charles E Myers and A Claude Kalmey Plffs in Err v Robert BrownCitations238 U S 368 more 35 S Ct 932 59 L Ed 1349Holding182 F 223 affirmedCourt membershipChief Justice Edward D White Associate Justices Joseph McKenna Oliver W Holmes Jr William R Day Charles E HughesWillis Van Devanter Joseph R LamarMahlon Pitney James C McReynoldsCase opinionMajorityWhiteLaws appliedU S Const amend XVMyers was a companion case to Guinn v United States 1915 3 which struck down an Oklahoma grandfather clause that effectively exempted white voters from a literacy test finding it to be discriminatory and a violation of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution 1 References edit a b Mahoney Dennis J January 1 2000 Guinn v United States 238 U S 347 1915 Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Cengage Retrieved October 24 2023 via encyclopedia com Keyssar Alexander The Right to Vote The Contested History of Democracy in the United States Basic Books 2000 p 108 Guinn v United States 238 U S 347 1915 External links editText of Myers v Anderson 238 U S 368 1915 is available from CourtListener Findlaw Google Scholar Justia Library of Congress OpenJurist Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Myers v Anderson amp oldid 1181853296, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
