Allen et al. v. State Board of Elections et al.

Decided March 3, 1969. Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 3 · 393 U.S. 544 (1969) · Cited 887 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• South Carolina v. Katzenbach · 383 U.S. 301 (1966)
• Reynolds v. Sims · 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
• Swift & Co. v. Wickham · 382 U.S. 111 (1965)
• Gomillion v. Lightfoot · 364 U.S. 339 (1960)
• J. I. Case Co. v. Borak · 377 U.S. 426 (1964)
• Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• United States v. Raines · 362 U.S. 17 (1960)
• Zemel v. Rusk · 381 U.S. 1 (1965)
• Katzenbach v. Morgan · 384 U.S. 641 (1966)
• Phillips v. United States · 312 U.S. 246 (1941)
• Bell v. Maryland · 378 U.S. 226 (1964)
• Silber v. United States · 370 U.S. 717 (1962)
• Boynton v. Virginia · 364 U.S. 454 (1960)

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• Holder v. Hall · 512 U.S. 874 (1994)
• Perkins v. Matthews · 400 U.S. 379 (1971)
• Presley v. Etowah County Commission · 502 U.S. 491 (1992)
• Dougherty County Bd. of Ed. v. White · 439 U.S. 32 (1978)
• United States v. Sheffield Bd. of Comm'rs · 435 U.S. 110 (1978)
• Morse v. Republican Party of Virginia · 517 U.S. 186 (1996)
• Georgia v. United States · 411 U.S. 526 (1973)
• Cannon v. University of Chicago · 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
• United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburgh, Inc. v. Carey · 430 U.S. 144 (1977)
• Morris v. Gressette · 432 U.S. 491 (1977)
• City of Rome v. United States · 446 U.S. 156 (1980)
• Beer v. United States · 425 U.S. 130 (1976)
• Riley v. Kennedy · 553 U.S. 406 (2008)
• Ziglar v. Abbasi · 582 U.S. 120 (2017)
• Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson · 404 U.S. 97 (1971)
• Touche Ross & Co. v. Redington · 442 U.S. 560 (1979)
• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke · 438 U.S. 265 (1978)
• Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. · 552 U.S. 148 (2008)
• Shaw v. Reno · 509 U.S. 630 (1993)
• American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Smith · 496 U.S. 167 (1990)
• Shelby County v. Holder · 570 U.S. 529 (2013)
• Hathorn v. Lovorn · 457 U.S. 255 (1982)
• Securities Investor Protection Corp. v. Barbour · 421 U.S. 412 (1975)
• McDaniel v. Sanchez · 452 U.S. 130 (1981)
• City of Richmond v. United States · 422 U.S. 358 (1975)
• Reno v. Bossier Parish School Board · 528 U.S. 320 (2000)
• Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama · 575 U.S. 254 (2015)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. New York · 413 U.S. 345 (1973)
• Lemon v. Kurtzman · 411 U.S. 192 (1973)
• Chisom v. Roemer · 501 U.S. 380 (1991)

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