Williams v. Rhodes
1968 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Williams v. Rhodes, 393 U.S. 23 (1968), is a decision by the United States Supreme Court which held that Ohio had violated the equal protection rights under the Fourteenth Amendment of two political parties by refusing to print their candidates' names on the ballot.
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Quick Facts Williams v. Rhodes, Argued October 7, 1968 Decided October 15, 1968 ...
Williams v. Rhodes | |
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Argued October 7, 1968 Decided October 15, 1968 | |
Full case name | Williams et al. v. Rhodes, Governor of Ohio et al. |
Citations | 393 U.S. 23 (more) 89 S. Ct. 5; 21 L. Ed. 2d 24; 1968 U.S. LEXIS 2959; 45 Ohio Op. 2d 236 |
Case history | |
Prior | 290 F. Supp. 983 (S.D. Ohio 1968) |
Holding | |
Ohio's restrictive election laws, taken as a whole, were invidiously discriminatory and violated the Equal Protection Clause because they gave the two old, established parties a decided advantage over new parties. Judgment of the District Court affirmed with reference to the Socialist Labor Party case, but modified in the Independent Party case. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Black, joined by Douglas, Brennan, Fortas, Marshall |
Concurrence | Douglas |
Concurrence | Harlan (in judgment only) |
Concur/dissent | White |
Concur/dissent | Stewart |
Dissent | Warren |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amends. I, XIV |
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