Ronald Chisom, et al. v. Charles E. Roemer, Governor of Louisiana, et al.

Decided June 20, 1991. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 90-757 · 501 U.S. 380 (1991) · Cited 483 times

Holding

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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.

• White v. Regester · 412 U.S. 755 (1973)
• City of Mobile v. Bolden · 446 U.S. 55 (1980)
• Thornburg v. Gingles · 478 U.S. 30 (1986)
• Whitcomb v. Chavis · 403 U.S. 124 (1971)
• Gomillion v. Lightfoot · 364 U.S. 339 (1960)
• Clark v. Roemer · 500 U.S. 646 (1991)
• Reynolds v. Sims · 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
• Public Citizen v. United States Department of Justice · 491 U.S. 440 (1989)
• Allen v. State Board of Elections · 393 U.S. 544 (1969)
• Burns v. Richardson · 384 U.S. 73 (1966)
• Rogers v. Lodge · 458 U.S. 613 (1982)
• City of Rome v. United States · 446 U.S. 156 (1980)
• Harrison v. PPG Industries, Inc. · 446 U.S. 578 (1980)
• Davis v. Bandemer · 478 U.S. 109 (1986)
• Will v. Michigan Department of State Police · 491 U.S. 58 (1989)
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · 465 U.S. 89 (1984)
• United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc. · 489 U.S. 235 (1989)
• Sedima, S. P. R. L. v. Imrex Co. · 473 U.S. 479 (1985)
• Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlon · 473 U.S. 234 (1985)
• South Carolina v. Katzenbach · 383 U.S. 301 (1966)
• West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. v. Casey · 499 U.S. 83 (1991)
• Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare v. Davenport · 495 U.S. 552 (1990)
• Gray v. Sanders · 372 U.S. 368 (1963)
• Moore v. Ogilvie · 394 U.S. 814 (1969)
• Green v. Bock Laundry MacHine Co. · 490 U.S. 504 (1989)
• Pennsylvania v. Union Gas Co. · 491 U.S. 1 (1989)
• Hadley v. Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City · 397 U.S. 50 (1970)
• Williams v. United States · 458 U.S. 279 (1982)
• Fortson v. Dorsey · 379 U.S. 433 (1965)
• United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburgh, Inc. v. Carey · 430 U.S. 144 (1977)

Cited by

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• Holder v. Hall · 512 U.S. 874 (1994)
• Bostock v. Clayton County · 590 U.S. 644 (2020)
• Morse v. Republican Party of Virginia · 517 U.S. 186 (1996)
• Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee · 594 U.S. 647 (2021)
• Bush v. Vera · 517 U.S. 952 (1996)
• Republican Party of Minnesota v. White · 536 U.S. 765 (2002)
• Zuni Public School District No. 89 v. Department of Education · 550 U.S. 81 (2007)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr · 533 U.S. 289 (2001)
• Allen v. Milligan · 599 U.S. 1 (2023)
• Johnson v. De Grandy · 512 U.S. 997 (1994)
• City of Rancho Palos Verdes v. Abrams · 544 U.S. 113 (2005)
• Department of Commerce v. United States House of Representatives · 525 U.S. 316 (1999)
• Reno v. Bossier Parish School Board · 520 U.S. 471 (1997)

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