Karcher, Speaker, New Jersey Assembly, et al. v. Daggett et al.

Decided June 22, 1983. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 81-2057 · 462 U.S. 725 (1983) · Cited 353 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• Kirkpatrick v. Preisler · 394 U.S. 526 (1969)
• Wesberry v. Sanders · 376 U.S. 1 (1964)
• Reynolds v. Sims · 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
• Gaffney v. Cummings · 412 U.S. 735 (1973)
• White v. Weiser · 412 U.S. 783 (1973)
• Gomillion v. Lightfoot · 364 U.S. 339 (1960)
• Mahan v. Howell · 410 U.S. 315 (1973)
• City of Mobile v. Bolden · 446 U.S. 55 (1980)
• White v. Regester · 412 U.S. 755 (1973)
• Wells v. Rockefeller · 394 U.S. 542 (1969)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• Swann v. Adams · 385 U.S. 440 (1967)
• Whitcomb v. Chavis · 403 U.S. 124 (1971)
• Burns v. Richardson · 384 U.S. 73 (1966)
• Rogers v. Lodge · 458 U.S. 613 (1982)
• Colegrove v. Green · 328 U.S. 549 (1946)
• Upham v. Seamon · 456 U.S. 37 (1982)
• Connor v. Finch · 431 U.S. 407 (1977)
• Williams v. Rhodes · 393 U.S. 23 (1968)
• Jacobellis v. Ohio · 378 U.S. 184 (1964)
• Avery v. Midland County · 390 U.S. 474 (1968)
• Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. · 157 U.S. 429 (1895)
• Zobel v. Williams · 457 U.S. 55 (1982)
• Florida Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. Florida Nursing Home Ass'n · 450 U.S. 147 (1981)
• Fortson v. Dorsey · 379 U.S. 433 (1965)
• WRIGHT Et Al. v. ROCKEFELLER, GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, Et Al. · 376 U.S. 52 (1964)
• Washington v. W. C. Dawson & Co. · 264 U.S. 219 (1924)
• Abate v. Mundt · 403 U.S. 182 (1971)

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• Bush v. Vera · 517 U.S. 952 (1996)
• Davis v. Bandemer · 478 U.S. 109 (1986)
• Vieth v. Jubelirer · 541 U.S. 267 (2004)
• League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry · 548 U.S. 399 (2006)
• Abrams v. Johnson · 521 U.S. 74 (1997)
• Shaw v. Reno · 509 U.S. 630 (1993)
• Exxon Co., USA v. Sofec, Inc. · 517 U.S. 830 (1996)
• Wisconsin v. City of New York · 517 U.S. 1 (1996)
• Allen v. Milligan · 599 U.S. 1 (2023)
• Batson v. Kentucky · 476 U.S. 79 (1986)
• Hunt v. Cromartie · 526 U.S. 541 (1999)
• City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co. · 488 U.S. 469 (1989)
• Franklin v. Massachusetts · 505 U.S. 788 (1992)
• TXO Production Corp. v. Alliance Resources Corp. · 509 U.S. 443 (1993)
• Miller v. Johnson · 515 U.S. 900 (1995)
• Branch v. Smith · 538 U.S. 254 (2003)
• Department of Commerce v. United States House of Representatives · 525 U.S. 316 (1999)

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