Gray, Chairman of the Georgia State Democratic Executive Committee, et al. v. Sanders

Decided March 18, 1963. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 112 · 372 U.S. 368 (1963) · Cited 785 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

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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.

• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• United States v. Classic · 313 U.S. 299 (1941)
• Smith v. Allwright · 321 U.S. 649 (1944)
• MacDougall v. Green · 335 U.S. 281 (1948)
• Gomillion v. Lightfoot · 364 U.S. 339 (1960)
• Terry v. Adams · 345 U.S. 461 (1953)
• Lassiter v. Northampton County Board of Elections · 360 U.S. 45 (1959)
• United States v. Mosley · 238 U.S. 383 (1915)
• United States v. W. T. Grant Co. · 345 U.S. 629 (1953)
• Cox v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 536 (1965)
• Ex Parte Yarbrough · 110 U.S. 651 (1884)
• Colegrove v. Green · 328 U.S. 549 (1946)
• Nixon v. Herndon · 273 U.S. 536 (1927)
• Nixon v. Condon · 286 U.S. 73 (1932)
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co. · 197 U.S. 430 (1905)
• Swafford v. Templeton · 185 U.S. 487 (1902)
• South v. Peters · 339 U.S. 276 (1950)

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• Reynolds v. Sims · 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · 411 U.S. 1 (1973)
• Lucas v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of Colorado · 377 U.S. 713 (1964)
• Whitcomb v. Chavis · 403 U.S. 124 (1971)
• Oregon v. Mitchell · 400 U.S. 112 (1970)
• City of Mobile v. Bolden · 446 U.S. 55 (1980)
• Carrington v. Rash · 380 U.S. 89 (1965)
• WRIGHT Et Al. v. ROCKEFELLER, GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, Et Al. · 376 U.S. 52 (1964)
• Rucho v. Common Cause · 588 U.S. 684 (2019)
• Gordon v. Lance · 403 U.S. 1 (1971)
• New York State Bd. of Elections v. López Torres · 552 U.S. 196 (2008)
• DeFunis v. Odegaard · 416 U.S. 312 (1974)
• Wesberry v. Sanders · 376 U.S. 1 (1964)
• Allee v. Medrano · 416 U.S. 802 (1974)
• Hadley v. Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City · 397 U.S. 50 (1970)
• Fortson v. Dorsey · 379 U.S. 433 (1965)
• Sailors v. Board of Ed. of Kent Cty. · 387 U.S. 105 (1967)
• Cousins v. Wigoda · 419 U.S. 477 (1975)
• Williams v. Rhodes · 393 U.S. 23 (1968)
• Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections · 383 U.S. 663 (1966)
• Bullock v. Carter · 405 U.S. 134 (1972)
• Moore v. Ogilvie · 394 U.S. 814 (1969)
• Harman v. Forssenius · 380 U.S. 528 (1965)
• Bush v. Gore · 531 U.S. 98 (2000)
• Firefighters Local Union No. 1784 v. Stotts · 467 U.S. 561 (1984)
• Iron Arrow Honor Society v. Heckler · 464 U.S. 67 (1983)
• Chisom v. Roemer · 501 U.S. 380 (1991)
• Rosario v. Rockefeller · 410 U.S. 752 (1973)
• Rodriguez v. Popular Democratic Party · 457 U.S. 1 (1982)
• Salyer Land Co. v. Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District · 410 U.S. 719 (1973)

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