Rice v. Cayetano
E433352
Fifteenth Amendment case
United States Supreme Court case
constitutional law case
voting rights case
Rice v. Cayetano is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down Hawaii’s restriction of voting for trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to Native Hawaiians, holding it violated the Fifteenth Amendment’s prohibition on race-based voting qualifications.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rice v. Cayetano canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4351465 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rice v. Cayetano Context triple: [Apology Resolution (U.S. Public Law 103-150), citedIn, Rice v. Cayetano]
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A.
Puerto Rico v. Branstad
Puerto Rico v. Branstad is a 1987 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held federal courts can compel state governors to comply with interstate extradition requests under the Constitution.
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B.
Saenz v. Roe
Saenz v. Roe is a 1999 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down California’s welfare residency requirements and reaffirmed the constitutional right to travel under the Fourteenth Amendment.
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C.
Chiafalo v. Washington
Chiafalo v. Washington is a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case that unanimously upheld states’ authority to penalize or replace “faithless electors” who do not vote in line with their state’s popular vote in presidential elections.
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D.
City of Boerne v. Flores
City of Boerne v. Flores is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court case that curtailed Congress’s power under the Fourteenth Amendment and held that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act could not be applied to the states.
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E.
De Canas v. Bica
De Canas v. Bica is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a California law regulating the employment of unauthorized immigrants, holding that not all state regulations touching on immigration are preempted by federal law.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rice v. Cayetano Target entity description: Rice v. Cayetano is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down Hawaii’s restriction of voting for trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to Native Hawaiians, holding it violated the Fifteenth Amendment’s prohibition on race-based voting qualifications.
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A.
Puerto Rico v. Branstad
Puerto Rico v. Branstad is a 1987 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held federal courts can compel state governors to comply with interstate extradition requests under the Constitution.
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B.
Saenz v. Roe
Saenz v. Roe is a 1999 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down California’s welfare residency requirements and reaffirmed the constitutional right to travel under the Fourteenth Amendment.
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C.
Chiafalo v. Washington
Chiafalo v. Washington is a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case that unanimously upheld states’ authority to penalize or replace “faithless electors” who do not vote in line with their state’s popular vote in presidential elections.
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D.
City of Boerne v. Flores
City of Boerne v. Flores is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court case that curtailed Congress’s power under the Fourteenth Amendment and held that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act could not be applied to the states.
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E.
De Canas v. Bica
De Canas v. Bica is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a California law regulating the employment of unauthorized immigrants, holding that not all state regulations touching on immigration are preempted by federal law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fifteenth Amendment case
ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ constitutional law case ⓘ voting rights case ⓘ |
| appliedStandard | Fifteenth Amendment prohibition on denial or abridgment of the right to vote on account of race ⓘ |
| aroseInJurisdiction |
State of Hawaii
ⓘ
linked to:
Hawaii
|
| citedFor | principle that ancestry classifications may be treated as racial classifications under the Fifteenth Amendment ⓘ |
| concernsElectionsFor | trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs ⓘ |
| concernsElectorateRestriction | limitation of voting to Native Hawaiians ⓘ |
| decisionType | plenary decision ⓘ |
| dissentingJustice |
John Paul Stevens
ⓘ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ |
| hasArgumentDate | October 6, 1999 ⓘ |
| hasCitation | 528 U.S. 495 ⓘ |
| hasCourt | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| hasDecisionDate | February 23, 2000 ⓘ |
| hasDocketNumber | No. 98-818 ⓘ |
| held |
Hawaii’s restriction of voting for trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to Native Hawaiians violated the Fifteenth Amendment
ⓘ
Hawaii’s voting restriction for Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustees was an unconstitutional race-based voting qualification ⓘ ancestry can be a proxy for race for purposes of the Fifteenth Amendment ⓘ |
| involvesConstitutionalProvision |
Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
linked to:
Fourteenth Amendment
|
| involvesIssue |
Native Hawaiian voting restrictions
ⓘ
race-based voting qualifications ⓘ voting rights ⓘ |
| involvesOffice | Office of Hawaiian Affairs ⓘ |
| involvesState | Hawaii ⓘ |
| joinedMajorityJustice |
Antonin Scalia
ⓘ
Clarence Thomas ⓘ David H. Souter ⓘ Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ |
| legalQuestion | whether Hawaii could limit the right to vote in Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustee elections to Native Hawaiians ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ |
| overturnedLawOrPractice | Hawaii’s constitutional and statutory provisions limiting Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustee elections to Native Hawaiians ⓘ |
| petitioner | Harold F. Rice ⓘ |
| precedentFor | challenges to race-based voter qualifications ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Native Hawaiian self-determination debates
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Office of Hawaiian Affairs elections ⓘ |
| respondent | Benjamin J. Cayetano ⓘ |
| respondentOffice | Governor of Hawaii ⓘ |
| result | Hawaii’s Native Hawaiian-only voting restriction for Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustee elections was struck down ⓘ |
| termOfCourt | October Term 1999 ⓘ |
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Subject: Rice v. Cayetano Description of subject: Rice v. Cayetano is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down Hawaii’s restriction of voting for trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to Native Hawaiians, holding it violated the Fifteenth Amendment’s prohibition on race-based voting qualifications.
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