Reynolds, Judge, et al. v. Sims et al.

Decided June 15, 1964. Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 23 · 377 U.S. 533 (1964) · Cited 3,703 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)
• Wesberry v. Sanders · 376 U.S. 1 (1964)
• Gray v. Sanders · 372 U.S. 368 (1963)
• Gomillion v. Lightfoot · 364 U.S. 339 (1960)
• United States v. Classic · 313 U.S. 299 (1941)
• Lane v. Wilson · 307 U.S. 268 (1939)
• Minor v. Happersett · 88 U.S. 162 (1875)
• Guinn v. United States · 238 U.S. 347 (1915)
• United States v. Mosley · 238 U.S. 383 (1915)
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356 (1886)
• Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. Williamson · 316 U.S. 535 (1942)
• Smith v. Allwright · 321 U.S. 649 (1944)
• Terry v. Adams · 345 U.S. 461 (1953)
• Nixon v. Herndon · 273 U.S. 536 (1927)
• Nixon v. Condon · 286 U.S. 73 (1932)
• MacDougall v. Green · 335 U.S. 281 (1948)
• South v. Peters · 339 U.S. 276 (1950)
• Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
• Griffin v. Illinois · 351 U.S. 12 (1956)
• Douglas v. California · 372 U.S. 353 (1963)
• Ex Parte Yarbrough · 110 U.S. 651 (1884)
• Colegrove v. Green · 328 U.S. 549 (1946)
• Highland Farms Dairy, Inc. v. Agnew · 300 U.S. 608 (1937)
• Bain Peanut Co. of Tex. v. Pinson · 282 U.S. 499 (1931)
• Ohio Ex Rel. Bryant v. Akron Metropolitan Park District · 281 U.S. 74 (1930)
• Newberry v. United States · 256 U.S. 232 (1921)

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• Davis v. Bandemer · 478 U.S. 109 (1986)
• Avery v. Midland County · 390 U.S. 474 (1968)
• Mahan v. Howell · 410 U.S. 315 (1973)
• City of Mobile v. Bolden · 446 U.S. 55 (1980)
• Karcher v. Daggett · 462 U.S. 725 (1983)
• Ball v. James · 451 U.S. 355 (1981)
• Gaffney v. Cummings · 412 U.S. 735 (1973)
• Burns v. Richardson · 384 U.S. 73 (1966)
• Brown v. Thomson · 462 U.S. 835 (1983)
• Whitcomb v. Chavis · 403 U.S. 124 (1971)
• Hadley v. Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City · 397 U.S. 50 (1970)
• Bush v. Vera · 517 U.S. 952 (1996)
• Vieth v. Jubelirer · 541 U.S. 267 (2004)
• White v. Regester · 412 U.S. 755 (1973)
• Connor v. Finch · 431 U.S. 407 (1977)
• Rucho v. Common Cause · 588 U.S. 684 (2019)
• Board of Estimate of City of New York v. Morris · 489 U.S. 688 (1989)
• Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections · 383 U.S. 663 (1966)
• Chapman v. Meier · 420 U.S. 1 (1975)
• Salyer Land Co. v. Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District · 410 U.S. 719 (1973)
• Oregon v. Mitchell · 400 U.S. 112 (1970)
• Swann v. Adams · 385 U.S. 440 (1967)
• Abate v. Mundt · 403 U.S. 182 (1971)
• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · 411 U.S. 1 (1973)
• Gill v. Whitford · 585 U.S. 48 (2018)
• Wells v. Rockefeller · 394 U.S. 542 (1969)
• Town of Lockport v. Citizens for Community Action at the Local Level, Inc. · 430 U.S. 259 (1977)
• Exxon Co., USA v. Sofec, Inc. · 517 U.S. 830 (1996)
• Moore v. Ogilvie · 394 U.S. 814 (1969)
• Allen v. State Board of Elections · 393 U.S. 544 (1969)

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