Richardson, County Clerk and Registrar of Voters of Mendocino County v. Ramirez et al.

Decided June 24, 1974. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 72-1589 · 418 U.S. 24 (1974) · Cited 377 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• Dunn v. Blumstein · 405 U.S. 330 (1972)
• Moore v. Ogilvie · 394 U.S. 814 (1969)
• Roe v. Wade · 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• Reynolds v. Sims · 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
• Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15 · 395 U.S. 621 (1969)
• Carrington v. Rash · 380 U.S. 89 (1965)
• Cipriano v. City of Houma · 395 U.S. 701 (1969)
• Hall v. Beals · 396 U.S. 45 (1969)
• Herb v. Pitcairn · 324 U.S. 117 (1945)
• Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections · 383 U.S. 663 (1966)
• Oregon v. Mitchell · 400 U.S. 112 (1970)
• Rosario v. Rockefeller · 410 U.S. 752 (1973)
• Lassiter v. Northampton County Board of Elections · 360 U.S. 45 (1959)
• Evans v. Cornman · 398 U.S. 419 (1970)
• Edelman v. Jordan · 415 U.S. 651 (1974)
• O'Shea v. Littleton · 414 U.S. 488 (1974)
• Flast v. Cohen · 392 U.S. 83 (1968)
• Shapiro v. Thompson · 394 U.S. 618 (1969)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• Aetna Life Insurance v. Haworth · 300 U.S. 227 (1937)
• United States v. W. T. Grant Co. · 345 U.S. 629 (1953)
• Shelton v. Tucker · 364 U.S. 479 (1960)
• Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington) · 308 U.S. 147 (1939)
• Storer v. Brown · 415 U.S. 724 (1974)
• North Carolina v. Rice · 404 U.S. 244 (1971)
• Bullock v. Carter · 405 U.S. 134 (1972)
• United States v. Concentrated Phosphate Export Assn., Inc. · 393 U.S. 199 (1968)
• Memorial Hospital v. Maricopa County · 415 U.S. 250 (1974)
• Samuel Bailey v. Joe T. Patterson · 369 U.S. 31 (1962)
• Harman v. Forssenius · 380 U.S. 528 (1965)

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• Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. · 449 U.S. 456 (1981)
• Bell v. Wolfish · 441 U.S. 520 (1979)
• United States Parole Commission v. Geraghty · 445 U.S. 388 (1980)
• Sosna v. Iowa · 419 U.S. 393 (1975)
• Romer v. Evans · 517 U.S. 620 (1996)
• Hunter v. Underwood · 471 U.S. 222 (1985)
• City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc. · 473 U.S. 432 (1985)
• Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division v. Craft · 436 U.S. 1 (1978)
• City of Erie v. Pap's A. M. · 529 U.S. 277 (2000)
• Lewis v. United States · 445 U.S. 55 (1980)
• Asarco Inc. v. Kadish · 490 U.S. 605 (1989)
• Marsh v. Chambers · 463 U.S. 783 (1983)
• Washington v. Confederated Bands & Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation · 439 U.S. 463 (1979)

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