Fortis Morse, Kenneth Curtis Bartholomew and Kimberly J. Enderson v. Republican Party of Virginia et al.

Decided March 27, 1996. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 94-203 · 517 U.S. 186 (1996) · Cited 141 times

Holding

The judgment is reversed, and the case is remanded.

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How the Justices voted

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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.

• Terry v. Adams · 345 U.S. 461 (1953)
• Smith v. Allwright · 321 U.S. 649 (1944)
• Allen v. State Board of Elections · 393 U.S. 544 (1969)
• United States v. Sheffield Bd. of Comm'rs · 435 U.S. 110 (1978)
• United States v. Classic · 313 U.S. 299 (1941)
• Cannon v. University of Chicago · 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
• Flagg Bros., Inc. v. Brooks · 436 U.S. 149 (1978)
• Dougherty County Bd. of Ed. v. White · 439 U.S. 32 (1978)
• Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co. · 419 U.S. 345 (1974)
• Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co. · 500 U.S. 614 (1991)
• South Carolina v. Katzenbach · 383 U.S. 301 (1966)
• Presley v. Etowah County Commission · 502 U.S. 491 (1992)
• Moore v. Ogilvie · 394 U.S. 814 (1969)
• Eu v. San Francisco County Democratic Central Committee · 489 U.S. 214 (1989)
• Chisom v. Roemer · 501 U.S. 380 (1991)
• Holder v. Hall · 512 U.S. 874 (1994)
• Cousins v. Wigoda · 419 U.S. 477 (1975)
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma · 413 U.S. 601 (1973)
• Williams v. Rhodes · 393 U.S. 23 (1968)
• Cort v. Ash · 422 U.S. 66 (1975)
• City of Rome v. United States · 446 U.S. 156 (1980)
• Perkins v. Matthews · 400 U.S. 379 (1971)
• Democratic Party of United States v. Wisconsin Ex Rel. La Follette · 450 U.S. 107 (1981)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co. · 457 U.S. 922 (1982)
• Anderson v. Celebrezze · 460 U.S. 780 (1983)
• Rendell-Baker v. Kohn · 457 U.S. 830 (1982)
• Burdick v. Takushi · 504 U.S. 428 (1992)
• Nixon v. Herndon · 273 U.S. 536 (1927)
• Nixon v. Condon · 286 U.S. 73 (1932)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• California Democratic Party v. Jones · 530 U.S. 567 (2000)
• Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee v. Federal Election Commission · 518 U.S. 604 (1996)

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