Dunn v. Blumstein
The Durational Residency Requirement, Close Constitutional Scrutiny, Further Readings
Appellant
Winfield C. Dunn, Governor of Tennessee
Appellee
James F. Blumstein
Appellant's Claim
That the state of Tennessee's durational residency requirement for suffrage was constitutional.
Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Robert H. Roberts
Chief Lawyer for Appellee
James F. Blumstein
Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, Warren E. Burger, William O. Douglas, Thurgood Marshall (writing for the Court), Potter Stewart, Byron R. White
Justices Dissenting
William J. Brennan, Jr. (Lewis F. Powell, Jr., and William H. Rehnquist did not participate)
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
21 March 1972
Decision
The Supreme Court ruled that Tennessee's durational residency requirement was unconstitutional.
Significance
The case added another group of people--new residents in states--to the list of groups who could not be discriminated against by states setting standards for suffrage.
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- Williams v. Rhodes, 393 U.S. 23 (1968).
- Bullock v. Carter, 405 U.S. 134 (1972).
- Kusper v. Pontikes, 414 U.S. 51 (1973).
- Lubin v. Panish, 415 U.S. 709 (1974).
- Munro v. Socialist Workers Party, 479 U.S. 189 (1986).
- Tashjian v. Republican Party of Connecticut, 479 U.S. 208 (1986).
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