American Party of Texas v. White

American Party of Texas v. White
American Party of Texas v. White
	Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 26, 1974
Full case name	American Party of Texas v. White
Citations	415 U.S. 767 (more)
Holding
	It is unconstitutional to exclude minority party candidates from absentee ballots that include the major-party candidates.
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
Majority	White
Dissent	Douglas (in part)

American Party of Texas v. White, 415 U.S. 767 (1974), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that it is unconstitutional to exclude minority party candidates from absentee ballots that include the major-party candidates.^[1]^[2]

References

^ American Party of Texas v. White, 415 U.S. 767 (1974).
^ Lieberman, Jethro K. (1999). "Access to Ballot". A Practical Companion to the Constitution. p. 25.

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