Legal Opinion
Marchioro v. Chaney
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 4, 1979No. 78-647PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
Since 1927, a Washington statute has required each major political party to have a State Committee consisting of two persons from each county in the State. The question pre sented by this appeal is whether the Washington Supreme Court correctly held that this statute does not violate the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.
The powers of the Democratic State Committee are derived from two sources: the authorizing statute and the Charter of the Democratic Party of Washington. The statute gives the State Committee the power to call conventions, to provide for the election of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Williams v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Storer v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Cousins v. WigodaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Marchioro v. ChaneyWashington Supreme Court · 1978
- Fahey v. DariganDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1975
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3Cited by56 opinions
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- Blair v. Washington State UniversityWashington Supreme Court · 1987
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- Southwest Washington Chapter, National Electrical Contractors Ass'n v. Pierce CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1983
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