Whitcomb, Governor of Indiana v. Chavis et al.

Decided June 7, 1971. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 92 · 403 U.S. 124 (1971) · Cited 658 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.

• Fortson v. Dorsey · 379 U.S. 433 (1965)
• Reynolds v. Sims · 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
• Burns v. Richardson · 384 U.S. 73 (1966)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• Gomillion v. Lightfoot · 364 U.S. 339 (1960)
• Gray v. Sanders · 372 U.S. 368 (1963)
• Wells v. Rockefeller · 394 U.S. 542 (1969)
• Kilgarlin v. Hill · 386 U.S. 120 (1967)
• Hadley v. Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City · 397 U.S. 50 (1970)
• Kirkpatrick v. Preisler · 394 U.S. 526 (1969)
• Oregon v. Mitchell · 400 U.S. 112 (1970)
• Lucas v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of Colorado · 377 U.S. 713 (1964)
• Swann v. Adams · 385 U.S. 440 (1967)
• Wesberry v. Sanders · 376 U.S. 1 (1964)
• Allen v. State Board of Elections · 393 U.S. 544 (1969)
• Avery v. Midland County · 390 U.S. 474 (1968)
• Hunter v. Erickson · 393 U.S. 385 (1969)
• WRIGHT Et Al. v. ROCKEFELLER, GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, Et Al. · 376 U.S. 52 (1964)
• Maryland Committee for Fair Representation v. Tawes · 377 U.S. 656 (1964)
• Dusch v. Davis · 387 U.S. 112 (1967)
• Gunn v. University Committee to End the War in Viet Nam · 399 U.S. 383 (1970)

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• City of Mobile v. Bolden · 446 U.S. 55 (1980)
• Thornburg v. Gingles · 478 U.S. 30 (1986)
• Davis v. Bandemer · 478 U.S. 109 (1986)
• Rogers v. Lodge · 458 U.S. 613 (1982)
• White v. Regester · 412 U.S. 755 (1973)
• Bush v. Vera · 517 U.S. 952 (1996)
• Holder v. Hall · 512 U.S. 874 (1994)
• Shaw v. Reno · 509 U.S. 630 (1993)
• Chisom v. Roemer · 501 U.S. 380 (1991)
• Beer v. United States · 425 U.S. 130 (1976)
• Abbott v. Perez · 585 U.S. 579 (2018)
• Mahan v. Howell · 410 U.S. 315 (1973)
• Chapman v. Meier · 420 U.S. 1 (1975)
• Gaffney v. Cummings · 412 U.S. 735 (1973)
• Upham v. Seamon · 456 U.S. 37 (1982)
• City of Rome v. United States · 446 U.S. 156 (1980)
• Vieth v. Jubelirer · 541 U.S. 267 (2004)
• United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburgh, Inc. v. Carey · 430 U.S. 144 (1977)
• Karcher v. Daggett · 462 U.S. 725 (1983)
• White v. Weiser · 412 U.S. 783 (1973)
• Brown v. Thomson · 462 U.S. 835 (1983)
• Exxon Co., USA v. Sofec, Inc. · 517 U.S. 830 (1996)
• Connor v. Finch · 431 U.S. 407 (1977)
• Wise v. Lipscomb · 437 U.S. 535 (1978)
• Board of Estimate of City of New York v. Morris · 489 U.S. 688 (1989)
• Jefferson v. Hackney · 406 U.S. 535 (1972)
• Spallone v. United States · 493 U.S. 265 (1990)
• Missouri v. Jenkins · 495 U.S. 33 (1990)
• Branch v. Smith · 538 U.S. 254 (2003)
• Georgia v. United States · 411 U.S. 526 (1973)

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