Smiley v. Holm
| Smiley v. Holm | |
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| Argued March 16–17, 1932 Decided April 11, 1932 | |
| Full case name | W. Yale Smiley v. Holm, as Secretary of State of Minnesota |
| Citations | 285 U.S. 355 (more) |
| Holding | |
| The U.S. Constitution does not forbid a governor from vetoing a redistricting proposal passed by the state legislature. Minnesota Supreme Court decision reversed. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Hughes, joined by unanimous |
| Cardozo took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. art. I, § 4, cl. 1 | |
Smiley v. Holm, 285 U.S. 355 (1932), was a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States involving a governor's power to veto a congressional redistricting proposal passed by a state's legislature. In an opinion by Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, the Court unanimously held that the U.S. Constitution did not prohibit Minnesota's governor from vetoing that state's redistricting map.