Minor v. Happersett

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United States Supreme Court case legal case voting rights case

Minor v. Happersett was an 1875 U.S. Supreme Court case that held the Constitution did not grant women the right to vote, rejecting the argument that suffrage was a privilege of national citizenship.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Minor v. Happersett canonical	2
Minor v. Happersett women’s suffrage case	1
Virginia Minor v. Reese Happersett	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ legal case ⓘ voting rights case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ election law ⓘ
chiefJusticeAtTime	Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite ⓘ surface form: Morrison Waite
citation	21 Wall. 162 ⓘ 88 U.S. 162 ⓘ
conclusion	States may restrict suffrage to men unless prohibited by specific constitutional amendment ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1875-03-29 ⓘ
decisionType	unanimous decision ⓘ
defendant	Reese Happersett ⓘ
found	Citizenship does not automatically include the right to vote ⓘ Women are citizens of the United States ⓘ
fullCaseName	Minor v. Happersett self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Virginia Minor v. Reese Happersett
hasParty	Reese Happersett ⓘ Virginia Minor ⓘ
historicalSignificance	Important case in the history of the women's suffrage movement in the United States ⓘ Key precedent limiting the reach of the Fourteenth Amendment's Privileges or Immunities Clause ⓘ
holding	Suffrage is not a necessary privilege or immunity of national citizenship ⓘ Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: The Fourteenth Amendment does not guarantee women the right to vote The U.S. Constitution does not confer the right of suffrage upon anyone ⓘ
impact	Hindered federal constitutional strategies for women's suffrage ⓘ Rejected constitutional argument that voting is a privilege of national citizenship ⓘ
involves	Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Privileges and Immunities Clause ⓘ surface form: Privileges or Immunities Clause citizenship status of women ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
language	English ⓘ
legalIssue	Fourteenth Amendment interpretation ⓘ privileges or immunities clause ⓘ voting rights ⓘ women's suffrage ⓘ
opinionBy	Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite ⓘ surface form: Chief Justice Morrison Waite
originatedIn	Missouri ⓘ
plaintiff	Virginia Minor ⓘ
precededBy	Slaughter-House Cases ⓘ
relatedCase	Slaughter-House Cases ⓘ Reese v. United States ⓘ surface form: United States v. Reese
relatedTo	Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
status	superseded in effect by the Nineteenth Amendment ⓘ
subjectOf	Susan B. Anthony’s New Departure strategy ⓘ surface form: New Departure strategy in women's suffrage movement
usedBy	opponents of women's suffrage before 1920 ⓘ
yearDecided	1875 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite → presidedOver → Minor v. Happersett ⓘ

subject surface form: Morrison R. Waite

Virginia Minor women’s suffrage case → hasLegalCitation → Minor v. Happersett ⓘ

Virginia Minor women’s suffrage case → alsoKnownAs → Minor v. Happersett ⓘ

this entity surface form: Minor v. Happersett women’s suffrage case

Minor v. Happersett → fullCaseName → Minor v. Happersett self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia Minor v. Reese Happersett