United States v. Reese

United States v. Reese
Argued January 30–31, 1876
Decided March 27, 1876
Full case nameUnited States v. Reese
Citations92 U.S. 214 (more)
23 L. Ed. 563; 1875 U.S. LEXIS 1750
Court membership
Chief Justice
Morrison Waite
Associate Justices
Nathan Clifford · Noah H. Swayne
Samuel F. Miller · David Davis
Stephen J. Field · William Strong
Joseph P. Bradley · Ward Hunt
Case opinions
MajorityWaite, joined by Swayne, Miller, Davis, Field, Strong, and Bradley
DissentClifford
DissentHunt
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XV

United States v. Reese, 92 U.S. 214 (1876), was a voting rights case in which the United States Supreme Court narrowly construed the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution as not supporting the Enforcement Act of 1870 prohibition of all state voting restrictions.