Legal Opinion
Gordon v. Lance
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 7, 1971No. 96PublishedCited by 160 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
We granted certiorari to review a challenge to a 60% vote requirement to incur public debt as violative of the Fourteenth Amendment.
The Constitution of West Virginia and certain West Virginia statutes provide that political subdivisions of the State may not incur bonded indebtedness or increase tax rates beyond those established by the Constitution without the approval of 60% of the voters in a referendum election.
*3On April 29, 1968, the Board of Education of Roane County, West Virginia, submitted to the voters of Roane County a proposal calling for the issuance of general obligation bonds in…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Harper v. Virginia Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Gomillion v. LightfootSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Gray v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Carrington v. RashSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by160 opinions
- Romer v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Amador Valley Joint Union High School District v. State Board of EqualizationCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978
- Pauley v. KellyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1979
- Santa Clara County Local Transportation Authority v. GuardinoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1995
- Town of Lockport v. Citizens for Community Action at the Local Level, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
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