Storer et al. v. Brown, Secretary of State of California, et al.

Decided March 25, 1974. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 72-812 · 415 U.S. 724 (1974) · Cited 1,395 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.

• Williams v. Rhodes · 393 U.S. 23 (1968)
• Jenness v. Fortson · 403 U.S. 431 (1971)
• Rosario v. Rockefeller · 410 U.S. 752 (1973)
• Dunn v. Blumstein · 405 U.S. 330 (1972)
• Shapiro v. Thompson · 394 U.S. 618 (1969)
• Bullock v. Carter · 405 U.S. 134 (1972)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• Sherbert v. Verner · 374 U.S. 398 (1963)
• Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15 · 395 U.S. 621 (1969)
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356 (1886)
• Reynolds v. Sims · 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Shelton v. Tucker · 364 U.S. 479 (1960)
• Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
• United States v. Jackson · 390 U.S. 570 (1968)
• Wesberry v. Sanders · 376 U.S. 1 (1964)
• Bates v. City of Little Rock · 361 U.S. 516 (1960)
• Moore v. Ogilvie · 394 U.S. 814 (1969)
• Kusper v. Pontikes · 414 U.S. 51 (1973)
• United States v. Robel · 389 U.S. 258 (1967)
• Oregon v. Mitchell · 400 U.S. 112 (1970)
• Socialist Labor Party v. Gilligan · 406 U.S. 583 (1972)

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• Tashjian v. Republican Party of Connecticut · 479 U.S. 208 (1986)
• Mandel v. Bradley · 432 U.S. 173 (1977)
• Munro v. Socialist Workers Party · 479 U.S. 189 (1986)
• Clements v. Fashing · 457 U.S. 957 (1982)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Eu v. San Francisco County Democratic Central Committee · 489 U.S. 214 (1989)
• Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc. · 525 U.S. 182 (1999)
• Crawford v. Marion County Election Board · 553 U.S. 181 (2008)
• Clingman v. Beaver · 544 U.S. 581 (2005)
• Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party · 552 U.S. 442 (2008)
• McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission · 514 U.S. 334 (1995)
• Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. · 551 U.S. 449 (2007)
• Renne v. Geary · 501 U.S. 312 (1991)
• New York State Bd. of Elections v. López Torres · 552 U.S. 196 (2008)
• Elrod v. Burns · 427 U.S. 347 (1976)
• Babbitt v. United Farm Workers National Union · 442 U.S. 289 (1979)
• Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois · 497 U.S. 62 (1990)
• Illinois State Board of Elections v. Socialist Workers Party · 440 U.S. 173 (1979)
• Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC · 528 U.S. 377 (2000)
• Rogers v. Lodge · 458 U.S. 613 (1982)
• Morse v. Republican Party of Virginia · 517 U.S. 186 (1996)
• Branti v. Finkel · 445 U.S. 507 (1980)
• First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Bellotti · 435 U.S. 765 (1978)
• Abood v. Detroit Board of Education · 431 U.S. 209 (1977)
• Burson v. Freeman · 504 U.S. 191 (1992)
• Minneapolis Star & Tribune Co. v. Minnesota Commissioner of Revenue · 460 U.S. 575 (1983)

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