Rice v. Cayetano Decided
The Supreme Court (7-2) struck down Hawaii's practice of limiting Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustee elections to Native Hawaiian voters, ruling it an unconstitutional racial classification under the Fifteenth Amendment.
Sources
- supreme.justia.com supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/528/495
- law.cornell.edu law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/98-818