The Breedlove v. Suttles case in 1937 revolved around a Georgia law that required men aged 21-60 to pay a poll tax, while women were exempt unless they registered to vote. Noel Breedlove, who was unable to pay the tax and therefore barred from voting, challenged this law as discriminatory based on gender and economic status. The U.S Supreme Court unanimously upheld the Georgia law stating that it did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause or Fifteenth Amendment's prohibition of race-based voting qualifications. The court ruled that states have wide latitude in determining voter qualifications and can set parameters for taxation within their jurisdiction without federal interference. It also held that differential treatment between genders does not necessarily imply discrimination under constitutional provisions.

In the Breedlove v. Suttles case, there was no recorded dissenting opinion from any of the justices on the Supreme Court bench. The court unanimously upheld Georgia's poll tax as constitutional in a 8-0 decision, asserting that it did not violate either the Fourteenth or Nineteenth Amendments. They reasoned that states have wide powers when it comes to taxation and can impose taxes on voting without infringing upon citizens' rights under these amendments.