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This article is about the 1883 U.S. Supreme Court case about the Equal Protection clause. For the 1991 7th Circuit case, see United States v. Harris (1991) . Not to be confused with 1954 case about lobbying regulation, _United States v. Harriss _.

1883 United States Supreme Court case

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**United States v. Harris **

United States v. Harris, 106 U.S. 629 (1883), was a case in which the US Supreme Court held that it was unconstitutional for the federal government to penalize crimes such as assault and murder in most circumstances.[1] The Court declared that only state governments have the power to penalize those crimes.

In the specific case, four men were removed from a Crockett County, Tennessee , jail by a group led by Sheriff R. G. Harris and 19 others. The four men were beaten, and one was killed. A deputy sheriff tried to prevent the act but failed.

Section 2 of the Force Act of 1871 was declared unconstitutional on the theory that an act to enforce the Equal Protection Clause applied only to state actions, not individuals' actions.

See also

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• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 106

• _United States v. Morrison _

References

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1. ↑ United States v. Harris, 106 U.S. 629 (1883).

Further reading

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• Divine, Robert A.; et al. (2005). The American Story . New York: Pearson Education. p. 413 . ISBN  978-0-321-18313-2 .
• Lawrence, Frederick M. (1993). "Civil rights and criminal wrongs: The mens rea of Federal civil rights crimes". _Tulane Law Review _. 67: 2113–2229.

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• Text of United States v. Harris, 106 U.S. 629 (1883) is available from: CourtListener Justia Library of Congress OpenJurist

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