| Litigants: | City of Richmond v. United States |
| Arguedate: | April 23 |
| Argueyear: | 1975 |
| Decidedate: | June 24 |
| Decideyear: | 1975 |
| Fullname: | City of Richmond, Virginia v. United States |
| Usvol: | 422 |
| Uspage: | 358 |
| Parallelcitations: | 95 S. Ct. 2296; 45 L. Ed. 2d 245 |
| Prior: | 376 F. Supp. 1344 (D.D.C. 1974) |
| Holding: | An annexation reducing the relative political strength of the minority race in the enlarged city as compared with what it was before the annexation does not violate 5 of the Act as long as the postannexation system fairly recognizes, as it does in this case; the minority's political potential. |
| Majority: | White |
| Joinmajority: | Burger, Stewart, Blackmun, Rehnquist |
| Dissent: | Brennan |
| Joindissent: | Douglas, Marshall |
| Notparticipating: | Powell |
City of Richmond v. United States, 422 U.S. 358 (1975), was a case that upheld Richmond, Virginia's annexation of land from surrounding counties.