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Legal Citation: 403 U.S. 365 (1971)

Appellant
Carmen Richardson, et al.

Appellee
John O. Graham, Commissioner, Department of Public Welfare, State of Arizona

Appellant's Claim
Arizona's alien residency requirements violated the Equal Protection Clause and the constitutional right to travel; they conflicted with the Social Security Act, as the Supremacy Clause took precedence; Congress had regulatory powers over aliens, not individual states.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Anthony B. Ching

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Michael S. Flam

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, Harry A. Blackmun (writing for the Court), William J. Brennan, Jr., Warren E. Burger, William O. Douglas, John Marshall Harlan II, Thurgood Marshall, Potter Stewart, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington,...