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Legal Citation: 520 U.S. 305 (1997)

Petitioners
Walker L. Chandler, et al.

Respondent
Zell D. Miller, Governor of Georgia

Petitioners' Claim
That Georgia's requirement for a negative urinalysis to qualify for candidacy violated their constitutional rights under the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioners
Walker L. Chandler

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Patricia Guilday

Justices for the Court
Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg (writing for the Court), Anthony M. Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, David H. Souter, John Paul Stevens, Clarence Thomas

Justices Dissenting
William H. Rehnquist

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
15 April 1997

Decision
The Court found that the state of Georgia violated the...