William Crawford, et al., Petitioners v. Marion County Election Board et al.

Decided April 28, 2008. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 07-21 · 553 U.S. 181 (2008) · Cited 564 times

Holding

The judgment is affirmed.

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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.

• Burdick v. Takushi · 504 U.S. 428 (1992)
• Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections · 383 U.S. 663 (1966)
• Anderson v. Celebrezze · 460 U.S. 780 (1983)
• Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC · 528 U.S. 377 (2000)
• Storer v. Brown · 415 U.S. 724 (1974)
• Clingman v. Beaver · 544 U.S. 581 (2005)
• Dunn v. Blumstein · 405 U.S. 330 (1972)
• Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party · 552 U.S. 442 (2008)
• Bullock v. Carter · 405 U.S. 134 (1972)
• Norman v. Reed · 502 U.S. 279 (1992)
• Randall v. Sorrell · 548 U.S. 230 (2006)
• Reynolds v. Sims · 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
• Timmons v. Twin Cities Area New Party · 520 U.S. 351 (1997)
• Purcell v. Gonzalez · 549 U.S. 1 (2006)
• Rosario v. Rockefeller · 410 U.S. 752 (1973)
• California Democratic Party v. Jones · 530 U.S. 567 (2000)
• City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc. · 473 U.S. 432 (1985)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356 (1886)
• Washington v. Davis · 426 U.S. 229 (1976)
• Washington v. Glucksberg · 521 U.S. 702 (1997)
• Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. Smith · 494 U.S. 872 (1990)
• Harris v. McRae · 448 U.S. 297 (1980)
• Williams v. Rhodes · 393 U.S. 23 (1968)
• Gregory v. Ashcroft · 501 U.S. 452 (1991)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Illinois State Board of Elections v. Socialist Workers Party · 440 U.S. 173 (1979)
• Jenness v. Fortson · 403 U.S. 431 (1971)
• Carrington v. Rash · 380 U.S. 89 (1965)
• Eu v. San Francisco County Democratic Central Committee · 489 U.S. 214 (1989)

Cited by

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

• Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee · 594 U.S. 647 (2021)
• District of Columbia v. Heller · 554 U.S. 570 (2008)
• Ramos v. Louisiana · 590 U.S. 83 (2020)
• Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton · 606 U.S. 461 (2025)

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