| Litigants: | City of Rome v. United States |
| Arguedate: | October 10 |
| Argueyear: | 1979 |
| Decidedate: | April 22 |
| Decideyear: | 1980 |
| Fullname: | City of Rome v. United States |
| Usvol: | 446 |
| Uspage: | 156 |
| Parallelcitations: | 100 S. Ct. 1548, 64 L.Ed.2d 119 |
| Oralargument: | https://www.oyez.org/cases/1979/78-1840 |
| Prior: | 450 F. Supp. 378 (D.D.C. 1978), 472 F. Supp. 221 (D.D.C. 1979) |
| Majority: | Marshall |
| Joinmajority: | Burger, Brennan, White, Blackmun, Stevens |
| Concurrence: | Blackmun |
| Concurrence2: | Stevens |
| Dissent: | Powell |
| Dissent2: | Rehnquist |
| Joindissent2: | Stewart |
City of Rome v. United States,, was a United States Supreme Court case in which the majority upheld Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 against a challenge to its constitutionality. Justice Thurgood Marshall authored the majority opinion, which held that Section 5 "does not exceed Congress' power to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment" and "does not violate principles of federalism". The Court's decision also rejected a request by Rome, Georgia to "bail out" of coverage under the Voting Rights Act, asserting that such a request would have to be made by the entire state of Georgia, rather than by an individual city.