Town of Lockport, New York, et al. v. Citizens for Community Action at the Local Level, Inc., et al.

Decided March 7, 1977. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 75-1157 · 430 U.S. 259 (1977) · Cited 150 times

Holding

The challenged provisions, which are entitled to a presumption of constitutionality, do not violate the Equal Protection Clause.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• Reynolds v. Sims · 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
• Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15 · 395 U.S. 621 (1969)
• Cipriano v. City of Houma · 395 U.S. 701 (1969)
• Abate v. Mundt · 403 U.S. 182 (1971)
• Gaffney v. Cummings · 412 U.S. 735 (1973)
• Mahan v. Howell · 410 U.S. 315 (1973)
• City of Phoenix v. Kolodziejski · 399 U.S. 204 (1970)
• Salyer Land Co. v. Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District · 410 U.S. 719 (1973)
• Hill v. Stone · 421 U.S. 289 (1975)
• Younger v. Harris · 401 U.S. 37 (1971)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• White v. Regester · 412 U.S. 755 (1973)
• Carrington v. Rash · 380 U.S. 89 (1965)
• Avery v. Midland County · 390 U.S. 474 (1968)
• Whitcomb v. Chavis · 403 U.S. 124 (1971)
• Lucas v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of Colorado · 377 U.S. 713 (1964)
• Hadley v. Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City · 397 U.S. 50 (1970)
• Fortson v. Dorsey · 379 U.S. 433 (1965)
• Hunter v. Erickson · 393 U.S. 385 (1969)
• Swann v. Adams · 385 U.S. 440 (1967)
• Kilgarlin v. Hill · 386 U.S. 120 (1967)
• Gordon v. Lance · 403 U.S. 1 (1971)

Cited by

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

• City of Mobile v. Bolden · 446 U.S. 55 (1980)
• City of Lafayette v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. · 435 U.S. 389 (1978)
• Richards v. Jefferson County · 517 U.S. 793 (1996)
• Parham v. Hughes · 441 U.S. 347 (1979)

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