Rosario et al. v. Rockefeller, Governor of New York, et al.

Decided March 21, 1973. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 71-1371 · 410 U.S. 752 (1973) · Cited 466 times

Holding

New York's delayed-enrollment scheme did not violate petitioners' constitutional rights.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.

How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• Dunn v. Blumstein · 405 U.S. 330 (1972)
• Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15 · 395 U.S. 621 (1969)
• Reynolds v. Sims · 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
• Carrington v. Rash · 380 U.S. 89 (1965)
• Cipriano v. City of Houma · 395 U.S. 701 (1969)
• City of Phoenix v. Kolodziejski · 399 U.S. 204 (1970)
• Bullock v. Carter · 405 U.S. 134 (1972)
• Evans v. Cornman · 398 U.S. 419 (1970)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Williams v. Rhodes · 393 U.S. 23 (1968)
• United States v. Robel · 389 U.S. 258 (1967)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356 (1886)
• Shapiro v. Thompson · 394 U.S. 618 (1969)
• United States v. Classic · 313 U.S. 299 (1941)
• Shelton v. Tucker · 364 U.S. 479 (1960)
• Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections · 383 U.S. 663 (1966)
• Wesberry v. Sanders · 376 U.S. 1 (1964)
• Gray v. Sanders · 372 U.S. 368 (1963)
• Bates v. City of Little Rock · 361 U.S. 516 (1960)
• Moore v. Ogilvie · 394 U.S. 814 (1969)
• Terry v. Adams · 345 U.S. 461 (1953)
• Lane v. Wilson · 307 U.S. 268 (1939)
• Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee · 372 U.S. 539 (1963)
• Nixon v. Herndon · 273 U.S. 536 (1927)

Cited by

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

• Kusper v. Pontikes · 414 U.S. 51 (1973)
• Storer v. Brown · 415 U.S. 724 (1974)
• Tashjian v. Republican Party of Connecticut · 479 U.S. 208 (1986)
• Democratic Party of United States v. Wisconsin Ex Rel. La Follette · 450 U.S. 107 (1981)
• Hill v. Stone · 421 U.S. 289 (1975)
• Anderson v. Celebrezze · 460 U.S. 780 (1983)
• American Party of Texas v. White · 415 U.S. 767 (1974)
• Timmons v. Twin Cities Area New Party · 520 U.S. 351 (1997)
• Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc. · 525 U.S. 182 (1999)
• California Democratic Party v. Jones · 530 U.S. 567 (2000)
• O'Brien v. Skinner · 414 U.S. 524 (1974)
• New York State Bd. of Elections v. López Torres · 552 U.S. 196 (2008)
• Sosna v. Iowa · 419 U.S. 393 (1975)
• Burdick v. Takushi · 504 U.S. 428 (1992)
• Eu v. San Francisco County Democratic Central Committee · 489 U.S. 214 (1989)
• Crawford v. Marion County Election Board · 553 U.S. 181 (2008)
• Richardson v. Ramirez · 418 U.S. 24 (1974)
• Clingman v. Beaver · 544 U.S. 581 (2005)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Roberts v. United States Jaycees · 468 U.S. 609 (1984)
• Honig v. Doe · 484 U.S. 305 (1988)
• Babbitt v. United Farm Workers National Union · 442 U.S. 289 (1979)
• First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Bellotti · 435 U.S. 765 (1978)
• United States Civil Service Commission v. National Ass'n of Letter Carriers · 413 U.S. 548 (1973)
• East Texas Motor Freight System, Inc. v. Rodriguez · 431 U.S. 395 (1977)
• Renne v. Geary · 501 U.S. 312 (1991)
• Lubin v. Panish · 415 U.S. 709 (1974)
• Saenz v. Roe · 526 U.S. 489 (1999)

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