United States v. Classic

E362108

U.S. Supreme Court case landmark election law case

United States v. Classic is a 1941 U.S. Supreme Court decision that expanded federal authority over primary elections by holding that Congress can regulate primaries when they are an integral part of the electoral process for federal offices.

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Label	Occurrences
United States v. Classic canonical	1
United States v. Classic et al.	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ landmark election law case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ election law ⓘ federal criminal law ⓘ
argued	1941-10-13 ⓘ 1941-10-14 ⓘ
citation	313 U.S. 299 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Article I, Section 2, U.S. Constitution Article I, Section 4 of the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Article I, Section 4, U.S. Constitution Article II, Section 1 of the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Article II, Section 1, U.S. Constitution
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decidedBy	Justice Harlan F. Stone ⓘ surface form: Harlan F. Stone
decisionDate	1941-12-08 ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy	Frank Murphy ⓘ William O. Douglas ⓘ
docketNumber	— ⓘ
fullCaseName	United States v. Classic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: United States v. Classic et al.
geographicContext	Louisiana ⓘ
holding	Congress may regulate primary elections when they are an integral part of the procedure for choosing federal officers ⓘ a primary that effectively determines the outcome of a general election for federal office is part of the election process Congress may regulate ⓘ federal criminal statutes protecting the right to vote in general elections can apply to certain primary elections ⓘ
impact	expanded federal authority over primary elections for federal offices ⓘ laid groundwork for later voting rights and primary election cases ⓘ
joinedByInMajority	Charles Evans Hughes ⓘ Felix Frankfurter ⓘ Hugo L. Black ⓘ Secretary of State James F. Byrnes ⓘ surface form: James F. Byrnes Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ surface form: Owen J. Roberts Stanley Reed ⓘ surface form: Stanley F. Reed
jurisdiction	federal question jurisdiction ⓘ
legalIssue	application of federal criminal statutes to primary elections ⓘ interpretation of Article I, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ scope of congressional power over primary elections ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Justice Harlan F. Stone ⓘ surface form: Harlan F. Stone
originatingCourt	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana ⓘ
pageInUnitedStatesReports	299 ⓘ
party	Classic et al. ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
priorHistory	Indictment dismissed by three-judge district court ⓘ
relatedTo	Ex parte Yarbrough ⓘ Smith v. Allwright ⓘ United States v. Mosley ⓘ
statuteInterpreted	18 U.S.C. § 51 (now recodified) ⓘ
subjectMatter	federal regulation of elections ⓘ primary elections ⓘ
subsequentHistory	Remanded for further proceedings ⓘ
volumeInUnitedStatesReports	313 ⓘ
yearDecided	1941 ⓘ

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United States Supreme Court cases of the Stone Court → includesCase → United States v. Classic ⓘ

United States v. Classic → fullCaseName → United States v. Classic self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States v. Classic et al.