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Encyclopedia entry: Rice v. Cayetano
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Rice v. Cayetano,
528 U.S. 495 (2000), argued 6 Oct. 1999, decided 23 Feb. 2000 by vote of 7 to 2; Kennedy for the Court, Breyer and Souter concurring, Stevens and Ginsburg in dissent. Harold F. Rice, a Caucasian citizen of Hawaii precluded by a provision of the Hawaiian Constitution from voting in the statewide election of trustees to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, an agency responsible for the administration of social programs for the benefit of descendants of the original inhabitants of Hawaii, sued Benjamin Cayetano, governor of Hawaii, claiming violation of his right to
vote
under the
Fifteenth
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The district court upheld Rice's ...