Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
First Mercantile Consumer Discount Co. v. Stefanelli
400 U.S. 808
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1970-10-12
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- noting that the "competition in ideas" offered by minority and dissident political views "is at the core of our electoral process, representative democracy, and First Amendment freedoms"
- striking down a New York law requiring at least 50 signatures from each county in the state
- wherein similar due process attack on the New York election board system by a minority party was denied
- registered voters used to apportion solely because of finding that presence of military personnel made use of population figures inappropriate
- 100 voters from 10 of Michigan's 83 counties
Citator
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- Cited by
- 75 opinions
Appeals from Sup. Ct. N. J. dismissed.
Mr. Justice Black and Mr. Justice Stewart áre of the opinion that probable jurisdiction should be noted.Reported below: 55 N. J. 489, 262 A. 2d 874.