United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburgh, Inc., et al. v. Carey, Governor of New York, et al.

Decided March 1, 1977. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 75-104 · 430 U.S. 144 (1977) · Cited 364 times

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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.

• Beer v. United States · 425 U.S. 130 (1976)
• South Carolina v. Katzenbach · 383 U.S. 301 (1966)
• Allen v. State Board of Elections · 393 U.S. 544 (1969)
• Gomillion v. Lightfoot · 364 U.S. 339 (1960)
• Gaffney v. Cummings · 412 U.S. 735 (1973)
• City of Richmond v. United States · 422 U.S. 358 (1975)
• Georgia v. United States · 411 U.S. 526 (1973)
• White v. Regester · 412 U.S. 755 (1973)
• Whitcomb v. Chavis · 403 U.S. 124 (1971)
• WRIGHT Et Al. v. ROCKEFELLER, GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, Et Al. · 376 U.S. 52 (1964)
• Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · 429 U.S. 252 (1977)
• Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education · 402 U.S. 1 (1971)
• Washington v. Davis · 426 U.S. 229 (1976)
• Morton v. Mancari · 417 U.S. 535 (1974)
• Franks v. Bowman Transportation Co. · 424 U.S. 747 (1976)
• Katzenbach v. Morgan · 384 U.S. 641 (1966)
• Louisiana v. United States · 380 U.S. 145 (1965)
• Fortson v. Dorsey · 379 U.S. 433 (1965)
• Kahn v. Shevin · 416 U.S. 351 (1974)
• Perkins v. Matthews · 400 U.S. 379 (1971)
• United States v. Montgomery County Board of Education · 395 U.S. 225 (1969)
• ANDERSON Et Al. v. MARTIN · 375 U.S. 399 (1964)

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• Shaw v. Reno · 509 U.S. 630 (1993)
• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke · 438 U.S. 265 (1978)
• City of Mobile v. Bolden · 446 U.S. 55 (1980)
• Fullilove v. Klutznick · 448 U.S. 448 (1980)
• Miller v. Johnson · 515 U.S. 900 (1995)
• Davis v. Bandemer · 478 U.S. 109 (1986)
• City of Rome v. United States · 446 U.S. 156 (1980)
• Holder v. Hall · 512 U.S. 874 (1994)
• Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 497 U.S. 547 (1990)
• Johnson v. De Grandy · 512 U.S. 997 (1994)
• Rogers v. Lodge · 458 U.S. 613 (1982)
• United States v. Sheffield Bd. of Comm'rs · 435 U.S. 110 (1978)
• Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. Feeney · 442 U.S. 256 (1979)
• Thornburg v. Gingles · 478 U.S. 30 (1986)
• City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co. · 488 U.S. 469 (1989)
• Wygant v. Jackson Board of Education · 476 U.S. 267 (1986)
• Local 28 of the Sheet Metal Workers' International Ass'n v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 478 U.S. 421 (1986)
• Orr v. Orr · 440 U.S. 268 (1979)
• Chisom v. Roemer · 501 U.S. 380 (1991)
• Voinovich v. Quilter · 507 U.S. 146 (1993)
• League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry · 548 U.S. 399 (2006)
• Morris v. Gressette · 432 U.S. 491 (1977)

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