Cousins et al. v. Wigoda et al.

Decided January 15, 1975. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 73-1106 · 419 U.S. 477 (1975) · Cited 235 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

“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.

• O'BRIEN v. Brown · 409 U.S. 1 (1972)
• Bates v. City of Little Rock · 361 U.S. 516 (1960)
• Newberry v. United States · 256 U.S. 232 (1921)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Williams v. Rhodes · 393 U.S. 23 (1968)
• Smith v. Allwright · 321 U.S. 649 (1944)
• Gray v. Sanders · 372 U.S. 368 (1963)
• Kusper v. Pontikes · 414 U.S. 51 (1973)
• Terry v. Adams · 345 U.S. 461 (1953)
• Ray v. Blair · 343 U.S. 214 (1952)
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356 (1886)
• Reynolds v. Sims · 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• Dunn v. Blumstein · 405 U.S. 330 (1972)
• Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15 · 395 U.S. 621 (1969)
• Sweezy v. New Hampshire Ex Rel. Wyman · 354 U.S. 234 (1957)
• Healy v. James · 408 U.S. 169 (1972)
• Oregon v. Mitchell · 400 U.S. 112 (1970)
• Nixon v. Herndon · 273 U.S. 536 (1927)
• McPherson v. Blacker · 146 U.S. 1 (1892)
• Nixon v. Condon · 286 U.S. 73 (1932)

Cited by

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• Democratic Party of United States v. Wisconsin Ex Rel. La Follette · 450 U.S. 107 (1981)
• Morse v. Republican Party of Virginia · 517 U.S. 186 (1996)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• California Democratic Party v. Jones · 530 U.S. 567 (2000)
• McCutcheon v. Federal Election Comm'n · 572 U.S. 185 (2014)
• Roberts v. United States Jaycees · 468 U.S. 609 (1984)
• Anderson v. Celebrezze · 460 U.S. 780 (1983)
• Minnesota State Board for Community Colleges v. Knight · 465 U.S. 271 (1984)
• Wainwright v. Witt · 469 U.S. 412 (1985)
• Abood v. Detroit Board of Education · 431 U.S. 209 (1977)
• McConnell v. Federal Election Commission · 540 U.S. 93 (2003)
• Eu v. San Francisco County Democratic Central Committee · 489 U.S. 214 (1989)
• Simon & Schuster, Inc. v. Members of the New York State Crime Victims Board · 502 U.S. 105 (1991)
• Timmons v. Twin Cities Area New Party · 520 U.S. 351 (1997)
• Tashjian v. Republican Party of Connecticut · 479 U.S. 208 (1986)
• Rodriguez v. Popular Democratic Party · 457 U.S. 1 (1982)

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