Rogers et al. v. Lodge et al.

Decided July 1, 1982. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 80-2100 · 458 U.S. 613 (1982) · Cited 451 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.

• City of Mobile v. Bolden · 446 U.S. 55 (1980)
• Washington v. Davis · 426 U.S. 229 (1976)
• Whitcomb v. Chavis · 403 U.S. 124 (1971)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• White v. Regester · 412 U.S. 755 (1973)
• Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · 429 U.S. 252 (1977)
• Reynolds v. Sims · 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
• Pullman-Standard v. Swint · 456 U.S. 273 (1982)
• WRIGHT Et Al. v. ROCKEFELLER, GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, Et Al. · 376 U.S. 52 (1964)
• Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections · 383 U.S. 663 (1966)
• Colegrove v. Green · 328 U.S. 549 (1946)
• Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Products Co. · 336 U.S. 271 (1949)
• East Carroll Parish School Board v. Marshall · 424 U.S. 636 (1976)
• Williams v. Rhodes · 393 U.S. 23 (1968)
• Storer v. Brown · 415 U.S. 724 (1974)
• Mandel v. Bradley · 432 U.S. 173 (1977)
• United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburgh, Inc. v. Carey · 430 U.S. 144 (1977)
• Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · 398 U.S. 144 (1970)
• Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
• Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. Feeney · 442 U.S. 256 (1979)
• Dunn v. Blumstein · 405 U.S. 330 (1972)
• Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc. · 427 U.S. 50 (1976)
• Bullock v. Carter · 405 U.S. 134 (1972)
• Gomillion v. Lightfoot · 364 U.S. 339 (1960)
• Milliken v. Bradley · 433 U.S. 267 (1977)
• South Carolina v. Katzenbach · 383 U.S. 301 (1966)
• Carrington v. Rash · 380 U.S. 89 (1965)
• Milliken v. Bradley · 418 U.S. 717 (1974)
• American Party of Texas v. White · 415 U.S. 767 (1974)
• Coleman v. Miller · 307 U.S. 433 (1939)

Cited by

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

• Thornburg v. Gingles · 478 U.S. 30 (1986)
• Davis v. Bandemer · 478 U.S. 109 (1986)
• Shaw v. Reno · 509 U.S. 630 (1993)
• Bush v. Vera · 517 U.S. 952 (1996)
• Karcher v. Daggett · 462 U.S. 725 (1983)
• League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry · 548 U.S. 399 (2006)
• Escambia County v. McMillan · 466 U.S. 48 (1984)
• Marsh v. Chambers · 463 U.S. 783 (1983)
• Chisom v. Roemer · 501 U.S. 380 (1991)
• Hunter v. Underwood · 471 U.S. 222 (1985)
• Reno v. Bossier Parish School Board · 520 U.S. 471 (1997)
• Hernandez v. New York · 500 U.S. 352 (1991)
• Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. Smith · 494 U.S. 872 (1990)
• FW/PBS, Inc. v. City of Dallas · 493 U.S. 215 (1990)
• McCleskey v. Kemp · 481 U.S. 279 (1987)
• Hunt v. Cromartie · 526 U.S. 541 (1999)
• City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co. · 488 U.S. 469 (1989)
• National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma · 468 U.S. 85 (1984)
• Local 28 of the Sheet Metal Workers' International Ass'n v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 478 U.S. 421 (1986)
• Miller v. Johnson · 515 U.S. 900 (1995)
• United States v. Doe · 465 U.S. 605 (1984)
• Growe v. Emison · 507 U.S. 25 (1993)
• Holder v. Hall · 512 U.S. 874 (1994)
• Branch v. Smith · 538 U.S. 254 (2003)
• Abrams v. Johnson · 521 U.S. 74 (1997)
• Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority v. Johnson · 467 U.S. 925 (1984)

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