Storer v. Brown

Storer v. Brown
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 5, 1973 Decided March 26, 1974
Full case name	Storer, et al. v. Brown, Secretary of State of California, et al.
Citations	415 U.S. 724 (more) 94 S. Ct. 1274; 39 L. Ed. 2d 714; 1974 U.S. LEXIS 118
Case history
Prior	Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Subsequent	Rehearing denied sub. nom., Frommhagen v. Brown, 417 U.S. 926 (1974).
Holding
Section 6830(d) (Supp. 1974) of the California Elections Code is not unconstitutional.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William O. Douglas · William J. Brennan Jr. Potter Stewart · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
Case opinions
Majority	White, joined by Burger, Stewart, Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist
Dissent	Brennan, joined by Douglas, Marshall

Storer v. Brown, 415 U.S. 724 (1974), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States upheld a California law that prohibited an individual from running for an elected office as an independent candidate if they were registered with a political party within the 12 months prior to the primary election.^[1]

See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 415

External links

• ^ Text of Storer v. Brown, 415 U.S. 724 (1974) is available from: Justia Library of Congress Oyez (oral argument audio)