Legal Opinion
Renne v. Geary
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 17, 1991No. 90-769PublishedCited by 533 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
delivered the opinion of the Court.†
Petitioners seek review of a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit holding that Article II, § 6(b), of the California Constitution violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Section 6(b) reads: “No political party or party central committee may endorse, support, or oppose a candidate for nonpartisan office.” Its companion provision, §6(a), provides that “[a]ll judicial, school, county, and city offices shall be nonpartisan.”
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In view of our determination that the case is…
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