Legal Opinion
Perkins v. Matthews
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 14, 1971No. 46PublishedCited by 302 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
delivered the opinion of the Court.. Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 79 Stat. 439, 42 U. S. C. § 1973c (1964 ed., Supp. V),1 provides that *381whenever a State or political subdivision covered by the Act2 shall enact or seek to administer “any voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure with respect to. voting different from that in force or effect on November 1, 1964 ... no person shall be denied the right to vote for failure to comply with such qualification, prerequisite, standard, practice, or procedure” if the State or subdivision has not…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Udall v. TallmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Gomillion v. LightfootSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Allen v. State Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- First Nat. Bank of Albuquerque v. AlbrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
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3Cited by302 opinions
- Johnson v. De GrandySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Trafficante v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- City of Rome v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Burton v. City of Belle GladeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
- Hathorn v. LovornSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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