Storer v. Brown

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Storer v. Brown
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 5, 1973
Decided March 26, 1974
Full case name: Storer, et al. v. Brown, Secretary of State of California, et al.
Citations: 415 U.S. 724; 94 S. Ct. 1274; 39 L. Ed. 2d 714; 1974 U.S. LEXIS 118
Prior history: Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Holding
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 by: White
Joined by: Burger, Stewart, Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist
Dissent by: Brennan
Joined by: Douglas, Marshall

Storer v. Brown, 415 U.S. 724 (1974)[1], was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States upheld a California law that prohibited an individual from running for an elected office as an independent candidate within six months of that individual having been a member of a registered political party.

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