Alan B. Burdick v. Morris Takushi, Director of Elections of Hawaii, et al.

Decided June 8, 1992. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 91-535 · 504 U.S. 428 (1992) · Cited 1,446 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Anderson v. Celebrezze · 460 U.S. 780 (1983)
• Storer v. Brown · 415 U.S. 724 (1974)
• Tashjian v. Republican Party of Connecticut · 479 U.S. 208 (1986)
• Jenness v. Fortson · 403 U.S. 431 (1971)
• Munro v. Socialist Workers Party · 479 U.S. 189 (1986)
• Bullock v. Carter · 405 U.S. 134 (1972)
• American Party of Texas v. White · 415 U.S. 767 (1974)
• Norman v. Reed · 502 U.S. 279 (1992)
• Rosario v. Rockefeller · 410 U.S. 752 (1973)
• Reynolds v. Sims · 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
• Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co. · 312 U.S. 496 (1941)
• Bradley v. School Bd. of Richmond · 416 U.S. 696 (1974)
• Williams v. Rhodes · 393 U.S. 23 (1968)
• Wesberry v. Sanders · 376 U.S. 1 (1964)
• McDonald v. Board of Election Comm'rs of Chicago · 394 U.S. 802 (1969)
• Illinois State Board of Elections v. Socialist Workers Party · 440 U.S. 173 (1979)
• Lubin v. Panish · 415 U.S. 709 (1974)
• Sugarman v. Dougall · 413 U.S. 634 (1973)

Cited by

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• Crawford v. Marion County Election Board · 553 U.S. 181 (2008)
• Timmons v. Twin Cities Area New Party · 520 U.S. 351 (1997)
• Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc. · 525 U.S. 182 (1999)
• Clingman v. Beaver · 544 U.S. 581 (2005)
• District of Columbia v. Heller · 554 U.S. 570 (2008)
• Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party · 552 U.S. 442 (2008)
• Morse v. Republican Party of Virginia · 517 U.S. 186 (1996)
• New York State Bd. of Elections v. López Torres · 552 U.S. 196 (2008)
• McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission · 514 U.S. 334 (1995)
• California Democratic Party v. Jones · 530 U.S. 567 (2000)
• League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry · 548 U.S. 399 (2006)
• United States v. Alvarez · 567 U.S. 709 (2012)
• Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization · 597 U.S. 215 (2022)
• U. S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton · 514 U.S. 779 (1995)
• Ysursa v. Pocatello Education Ass'n · 555 U.S. 353 (2009)
• Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta · 594 U.S. 595 (2021)
• Nevada Commission on Ethics v. Carrigan · 564 U.S. 117 (2011)
• Republican National Committee v. Democratic National Committee · 589 U.S. 423 (2020)

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