Oregon v. Mitchell

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Oregon v. Mitchell was a 1970 U.S. Supreme Court case that addressed the constitutionality of federal laws regulating state and local election procedures, including provisions of the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case
voting rights case
citation 400 U.S. 112
concerns Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970
constitutionality of federal regulation of state and local election procedures
federal power over voter qualifications
constitutionalProvision Article I of the United States Constitution
Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country United States
decisionDate 1970-12-21
defendant John N. Mitchell
defendantRole Attorney General of the United States
effect prompted constitutional amendment to set nationwide voting age at 18
fullCaseName Oregon v. Mitchell
hasJurisdiction Supreme Court of the United States
holding Congress may ban literacy tests in federal, state, and local elections
Congress may not require states to lower the voting age to 18 for state and local elections
Congress may regulate certain residency requirements for voting in federal elections
Congress may set the voting age at 18 for federal elections
influenced adoption of the Twenty-sixth Amendment
involvesLaw Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970
Voting Rights Act of 1965
issue federal authority to set the voting age in federal elections
federal authority to set the voting age in state and local elections
federal regulation of literacy tests in elections
federal regulation of residency requirements for voting
joinedParty State of Arizona
linked to: Arizona

State of Idaho
linked to: Idaho

State of Texas
linked to: Texas
legalSubject election law
federalism
voting rights
locationOfCourt Washington, D.C.
opinionBy Hugo Black
linked to: Hugo L. Black
opinionType plurality opinion
plaintiff State of Oregon
linked to: Oregon
relatedTo Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
resultedIn split decision with no single majority opinion
separateOpinionBy Byron White
linked to: Byron R. White

Harry A. Blackmun
John M. Harlan II
Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Potter Stewart
Thurgood Marshall
Warren E. Burger
William J. Brennan Jr.
William O. Douglas
yearDecided 1970

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Oregon v. Mitchell fullCaseName Oregon v. Mitchell