Gerende v. Board of Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore

Decided April 12, 1951. The Court ruled per curiam — an unsigned opinion of the Court.

Docket 577 · 341 U.S. 56 (1951) · Cited 106 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

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• Whitehill v. Elkins · 389 U.S. 54 (1967)
• Baggett v. Bullitt · 377 U.S. 360 (1964)
• Garner v. Board of Public Works of Los Angeles · 341 U.S. 716 (1951)
• Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
• Wieman v. Updegraff · 344 U.S. 183 (1952)
• Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal. · 366 U.S. 36 (1961)
• Barenblatt v. United States · 360 U.S. 109 (1959)
• Elfbrandt v. Russell · 384 U.S. 11 (1966)
• Elrod v. Burns · 427 U.S. 347 (1976)
• DeFunis v. Odegaard · 416 U.S. 312 (1974)
• Frisby v. Schultz · 487 U.S. 474 (1988)
• Aptheker v. Secretary of State · 378 U.S. 500 (1964)

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