Anderson et al. v. Celebrezze, Secretary of State of Ohio

Decided April 19, 1983. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 81-1635 · 460 U.S. 780 (1983) · Cited 1,828 times

Holding

Ohio's early filing deadline places an unconstitutional burden on the voting and associational rights of petitioner Anderson's supporters.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• Storer v. Brown · 415 U.S. 724 (1974)
• Williams v. Rhodes · 393 U.S. 23 (1968)
• Bullock v. Carter · 405 U.S. 134 (1972)
• Dunn v. Blumstein · 405 U.S. 330 (1972)
• Illinois State Board of Elections v. Socialist Workers Party · 440 U.S. 173 (1979)
• American Party of Texas v. White · 415 U.S. 767 (1974)
• Lubin v. Panish · 415 U.S. 709 (1974)
• Mandel v. Bradley · 432 U.S. 173 (1977)
• Jenness v. Fortson · 403 U.S. 431 (1971)
• Clements v. Fashing · 457 U.S. 957 (1982)
• Rosario v. Rockefeller · 410 U.S. 752 (1973)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Kusper v. Pontikes · 414 U.S. 51 (1973)
• McPherson v. Blacker · 146 U.S. 1 (1892)
• Cousins v. Wigoda · 419 U.S. 477 (1975)
• Burroughs and Cannon v. United States · 290 U.S. 534 (1934)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. · 425 U.S. 748 (1976)
• Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15 · 395 U.S. 621 (1969)
• Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan · 458 U.S. 718 (1982)
• Sweezy v. New Hampshire Ex Rel. Wyman · 354 U.S. 234 (1957)
• Cipriano v. City of Houma · 395 U.S. 701 (1969)
• Oregon v. Mitchell · 400 U.S. 112 (1970)
• Fusari v. Steinberg · 419 U.S. 379 (1975)
• City of Phoenix v. Kolodziejski · 399 U.S. 204 (1970)
• Democratic Party of United States v. Wisconsin Ex Rel. La Follette · 450 U.S. 107 (1981)
• Evans v. Cornman · 398 U.S. 419 (1970)
• CBS, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 453 U.S. 367 (1981)

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• Timmons v. Twin Cities Area New Party · 520 U.S. 351 (1997)
• Burdick v. Takushi · 504 U.S. 428 (1992)
• Tashjian v. Republican Party of Connecticut · 479 U.S. 208 (1986)
• Crawford v. Marion County Election Board · 553 U.S. 181 (2008)
• McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission · 514 U.S. 334 (1995)
• Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party · 552 U.S. 442 (2008)
• Clingman v. Beaver · 544 U.S. 581 (2005)
• Trump v. Anderson · 601 U.S. 100 (2024)
• Eu v. San Francisco County Democratic Central Committee · 489 U.S. 214 (1989)
• Norman v. Reed · 502 U.S. 279 (1992)
• New York State Bd. of Elections v. López Torres · 552 U.S. 196 (2008)
• Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc. · 525 U.S. 182 (1999)
• U. S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton · 514 U.S. 779 (1995)
• Munro v. Socialist Workers Party · 479 U.S. 189 (1986)
• Morse v. Republican Party of Virginia · 517 U.S. 186 (1996)
• Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois · 497 U.S. 62 (1990)
• Burson v. Freeman · 504 U.S. 191 (1992)
• Ward v. Rock Against Racism · 491 U.S. 781 (1989)
• Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. Smith · 494 U.S. 872 (1990)
• Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey · 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
• City of Ladue v. Gilleo · 512 U.S. 43 (1994)
• Bush v. Gore · 531 U.S. 98 (2000)
• Renne v. Geary · 501 U.S. 312 (1991)
• Arkansas Educational Television Commission v. Forbes · 523 U.S. 666 (1998)
• Minnesota State Board for Community Colleges v. Knight · 465 U.S. 271 (1984)
• Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC · 528 U.S. 377 (2000)
• Vieth v. Jubelirer · 541 U.S. 267 (2004)
• Gill v. Whitford · 585 U.S. 48 (2018)
• Wisconsin Department of Revenue v. William Wrigley, Jr., Co. · 505 U.S. 214 (1992)
• Trump v. United States · 603 U.S. 593 (2024)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1983). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).