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Storer v. Brown

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Storer v. Brown
Argued November 5, 1973
Decided March 26, 1974
Full case nameStorer, et al. v. Brown, Secretary of State of California, et al.
Citations415 U.S. 724 (more)
94 S. Ct. 1274; 39 L. Ed. 2d 714; 1974 U.S. LEXIS 118
Case history
PriorAppeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
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
MajorityWhite, joined by Burger, Stewart, Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist
DissentBrennan, joined by Douglas, Marshall

Storer v. Brown, 415 U.S. 724 (1974)[1], 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 within six months of that individual having been a member of a registered political party.

See also

  • ^ 415 U.S. 724 (Text of the opinion on Findlaw.com)