Michele L. Timmons, Acting Director, Ramsey County Department of Property Records and Revenue, et al. v. Twin Cities Area New Party

Decided April 28, 1997. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 95-1608 · 520 U.S. 351 (1997) · Cited 645 times

Holding

Minnesota’s fusion ban does not violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“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.

• Anderson v. Celebrezze · 460 U.S. 780 (1983)
• Storer v. Brown · 415 U.S. 724 (1974)
• Burdick v. Takushi · 504 U.S. 428 (1992)
• Eu v. San Francisco County Democratic Central Committee · 489 U.S. 214 (1989)
• Tashjian v. Republican Party of Connecticut · 479 U.S. 208 (1986)
• Williams v. Rhodes · 393 U.S. 23 (1968)
• Norman v. Reed · 502 U.S. 279 (1992)
• Rosario v. Rockefeller · 410 U.S. 752 (1973)
• Mitchell v. Lublin, McGaughy & Associates · 358 U.S. 207 (1959)
• Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee v. Federal Election Commission · 518 U.S. 604 (1996)
• Bullock v. Carter · 405 U.S. 134 (1972)
• Jenness v. Fortson · 403 U.S. 431 (1971)
• Munro v. Socialist Workers Party · 479 U.S. 189 (1986)
• Branti v. Finkel · 445 U.S. 507 (1980)
• Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois · 497 U.S. 62 (1990)
• Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products Corp. · 463 U.S. 60 (1983)
• Illinois State Board of Elections v. Socialist Workers Party · 440 U.S. 173 (1979)
• City of Mobile v. Bolden · 446 U.S. 55 (1980)
• Edenfield v. Fane · 507 U.S. 761 (1993)
• Davis v. Bandemer · 478 U.S. 109 (1986)
• Cousins v. Wigoda · 419 U.S. 477 (1975)

Cited by

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

• Clingman v. Beaver · 544 U.S. 581 (2005)
• Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party · 552 U.S. 442 (2008)
• California Democratic Party v. Jones · 530 U.S. 567 (2000)
• Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc. · 525 U.S. 182 (1999)
• Nevada Commission on Ethics v. Carrigan · 564 U.S. 117 (2011)
• Purcell v. Gonzalez · 549 U.S. 1 (2006)
• Crawford v. Marion County Election Board · 553 U.S. 181 (2008)
• Randall v. Sorrell · 548 U.S. 230 (2006)
• Federal Election Commission v. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee · 533 U.S. 431 (2001)

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