RUANE CUNNIFF & CO INC
13F-HR, 2000-08-14
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                          UNITED STATES
               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                            Form 13F

                       Form 13F COVER PAGE

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended:  June 30, 2000

Check here if Amendment [   ]; Amendment Number:
    This Amendment (Check only one.):  [   ] is a restatement.
                                       [   ] adds new holdings
                                             entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name:    Ruane, Cunniff & Co., Inc.
Address: 767 Fifth Avenue
         New York, New York 10153


Form 13F File Number: 28-154

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the
person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person
signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all
information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and
that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of
this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name:    Mr. Joseph Quinones, Jr.
Title:   Chief Financial Officer
Phone:   (212) 832-5280

Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:

         /s/ Joseph Quinones, Jr.    New York, NY      08/14/2000
         _______________________ _____________________ _________
              [Signature]           [City, State]        [Date]

Report Type (Check only one.):

[ X]     13F HOLDINGS REPORT.  (Check here if all holdings of
         this reporting manager are reported in this report.)

[  ]     13F NOTICE.  (Check her if no holdings reported are in
         this report, and all holdings are reported by other



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         reporting manger(s).)

[  ]     13F COMBINATION REPORT.  (Check here if a portion of the
         holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this
         report and a portion are reported by other reporting
         manager(s).)

List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:  NONE













































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                      Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE

Report Summary:


Number of Other Included Managers:            None

Form 13F Information Table Entry Total:       198

Form 13F Information Table Value Total:       $5,469,310
                                              [thousands]

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED: the information for which
Ruane, Cunniff & Co., Inc. is requesting confidential treatment
has been omitted and filed separately with the Commission.

List of Other Included Managers:              NONE




































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                                                         Ruane, Cunniff & Co., Inc.

                                                                 June 30, 2000

                                                                  FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
                                                           VALUE   SHARES/  SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT    OTHER          VOTING AUTHORITY
        NAME OF ISSUER          TITLE OF CLASS    CUSIP   (x$1000) PRN AMT  PRN CALL DSCRETN   MANAGERS     SOLE    SHARED    NONE
------------------------------ ---------------- --------- -------- -------- --- ---- ------- ------------ -------- -------- --------
<S>                            <C>              <C>       <C>      <C>      <C> <C>  <C>     <C>          <C>      <C>      <C>
AMS Realstar                   COM              001785104        0    10000 SH       SOLE                                      10000
AT&T                           COM              001957109      582    18295 SH       SOLE                      280             18015
AT&T Corp Liberty Media Grp Se COM              001957208      655    27004 SH       SOLE                                      27004
Abbott Laboratories            COM              002824100      236     5290 SH       SOLE                                       5290
Allstate                       COM              020002101      586    26328 SH       SOLE                     1112             25216
Alltel                         COM              020039103      619    10000 SH       SOLE                                      10000
American Express               COM              025816109    42107   807812 SH       SOLE                   248475            559337
American Home Prods            COM              026609107      751    12789 SH       SOLE                                      12789
American Internat'l Group      COM              026874107    44928   382366 SH       SOLE                   116612            265754
Aptargroup                     COM              038336103      249     9218 SH       SOLE                     1800              7418
Arctic Cat Inc                 COM              039670104      913    76900 SH       SOLE                     6600             70300
Arnold Industries              COM              042595108      435    36048 SH       SOLE                                      36048
Associates First Capital Corp  COM              046008108     1859    83302 SH       SOLE                    18788             64514
Automatic Data Processing      COM              053015103      479     8944 SH       SOLE                                       8944
BB & T  Corp                   COM              054937107     9474   396802 SH       SOLE                    36818            359984
BP Amoco PLC ADR               COM              055622104      271     4784 SH       SOLE                                       4784
Bank One                       COM              059438101      335    12616 SH       SOLE                    11000              1616
Bank of America Corp           COM              060505104     3818    88028 SH       SOLE                    19489             68539
Bank of New York               COM              064057102      279     6000 SH       SOLE                                       6000
Bear Stearns Companies         COM              073902108     2120    50925 SH       SOLE                    18759             32166
Berkshire Hathaway - Cl A      COM              084670108  1359211    25264 SH       SOLE                     9286             15978
                                                           1085415    20175 SH       DEFINED                 20175
Berkshire Hathaway - Cl B      COM              084670207    98002    55683 SH       SOLE                    14988             40695
Bestfoods                      COM              08658u101      533     7700 SH       SOLE                                       7700
Bowater                        COM              102183100     2688    60918 SH       SOLE                     4653             56265
Bowl America - Class A         COM              102565108      126    15960 SH       SOLE                                      15960
Bristol-Myers Squibb           COM              110122108      807    13850 SH       SOLE                      400             13450
Brown & Brown Inc.             COM              115236101    28304   544303 SH       SOLE                   148200            396103
C H Robinson Worldwide Inc     COM              12541w100      247     5000 SH       SOLE                                       5000
CDI                            COM              125071100      307    15086 SH       SOLE                                      15086
CFS Bancorp Inc                COM              12525d102      415    45300 SH       SOLE                                      45300
CNA Financial Corp.            COM              126117100      279     8200 SH       SOLE                      900              7300
Calif Fed Bk-Goodwill Certif   COM              130209604       78    52000 SH       SOLE                                      52000
California Center Bank Los Ang COM              13007A103      196    11543 SH       SOLE                                      11543
Capital Federal Financial      COM              14057c106     2898   262000 SH       SOLE                                     262000
Carlisle Companies             COM              142339100      378     8400 SH       SOLE                     8400
Cary Intl Inc                  COM              141750109     1120    80700 SH       SOLE                                      80700
Cedar Fair LP-Dep Rcpts Repstg COM              150185106     4369   226951 SH       SOLE                                     226951
Charter One Financial Inc.     COM              160903100    15476   672879 SH       SOLE                                     672879
Chase Manhattan - New          COM              16161A108     1014    22014 SH       SOLE                     5616             16398
Chemed Corp                    COM              163596109     4471   158600 SH       SOLE                                     158600
Choice Hotels Int'l Inc- New   COM              169905106     6910   695347 SH       SOLE                    11600            683747
Cisco Systems Inc              COM              17275R102      588     9248 SH       SOLE                      600              8648
Citigroup Inc                  COM              172967101    20467   338643 SH       SOLE                    23485            315158
Clayton Homes Inc              COM              184190106    13626  1703256 SH       SOLE                                    1703256
Clorox                         COM              189054109      247     5514 SH       SOLE                     1116              4398
Coca Cola                      COM              191216100    14966   260560 SH       SOLE                    82850            177710
Comcast Corp. Special Cl A     COM              200300201     1164    28736 SH       SOLE                     4794             23942
Comerica                       COM              200340107     2382    53072 SH       SOLE                    15000             38072
Commerce Bancorp Inc/NJ        COM              200519106    10341   224800 SH       SOLE                                     224800
Consolidated Papers            COM              209759109      314     8600 SH       SOLE                                       8600
Corus Bankshares Inc.          COM              220873103     2300    86980 SH       SOLE                    10447             76533
Crane Co.                      COM              224399105     6859   282115 SH       SOLE                    42340            239775
Daimler-Chrysler AG            COM              d1668r123     7050   135413 SH       SOLE                    21619            113794
Danielson Hldg                 COM              236274106      319    65364 SH       SOLE                    33864             31500
Delphi Automotive Systems Corp COM              247126105      950    65239 SH       SOLE                    11844             53395
Delphi Financial Group         COM              247131105     5061   149134 SH       SOLE                                     149134
Disney Walt                    COM              254687106     2401    61871 SH       SOLE                                      61871
Du Pont E I De Nemours & Co.   COM              263534109      441    10027 SH       SOLE                      177              9850
Dynatech Corp                  COM              268140100      453    25000 SH       SOLE                                      25000
EGL Inc.                       COM              268484102     1537    50000 SH       SOLE                                      50000
EPL Technologies Inc           COM              268920204       22    16667 SH       SOLE                                      16667
Everest Re Group Ltd           COM              g3223r108    14558   442818 SH       SOLE                                     442818
Exxon Mobil Corp               COM              30131g103      954    12152 SH       SOLE                                      12152
Fair Isaac & Company Inc.      COM              303250104     5333   121200 SH       SOLE                                     121200
Fannie Mae                     COM              313586109    12336   235819 SH       SOLE                    53408            182411
Fifth Third Bancorp            COM              316773100   595061  9408079 SH       SOLE                  3705897           5702182
                                                            376885  5958662 SH       DEFINED               5958662
First Bancorp of Ind Inc.      COM              m97592766      161    15000 SH       SOLE                                      15000
First Nat'l Bank Anchorage Ala COM              322387101     1431     1564 SH       SOLE                                       1564
First Union Corp.              COM              337358105      215     8670 SH       SOLE                                       8670
Firstar Corp. - New            COM              33763v109     1235    58622 SH       SOLE                                      58622
Firstfed Bancorp               COM              33761Q102      239    39860 SH       SOLE                                      39860
Ford Motor Corp Del            COM              345370860     7678   178555 SH       SOLE                    35855            142700
Franklin Electric              COM              353514102    19759   291647 SH       SOLE                    67525            224122
Freddie Mac                    COM              313400301   104141  2571379 SH       SOLE                  1023432           1547947
                                                            135456  3344600 SH       DEFINED               3344600
G & K Services Inc. Cl A       COM              361268105     2934   117086 SH       SOLE                    51900             65186
GTE Corp.                      COM              362320103      277     4453 SH       SOLE                                       4453
Gannett Co.                    COM              364730101      516     8620 SH       SOLE                                       8620
General Electric               COM              369604103     2272    42874 SH       SOLE                                      42874
General Motors                 COM              370442105     7418   127889 SH       SOLE                    24452            103437
Gillette                       COM              375766102    21981   629161 SH       SOLE                   155644            473517
Grey Global Group Inc          COM              39787m108      745     1432 SH       SOLE                                       1432
Heartland Express              COM              422347104     3176   190307 SH       SOLE                     2933            187374
Herman Miller Inc.             COM              600544100     6878   265800 SH       SOLE                    52250            213550
Hershey Foods                  COM              427866108      272     5600 SH       SOLE                                       5600
Hollinger Internat'l Inc.      COM              435569108      462    33900 SH       SOLE                      500             33400
Home Depot                     COM              437076102    15933   319050 SH       SOLE                   177000            142050
Home Port Bancorp              COM              437304108     2462   107050 SH       SOLE                     1800            105250
Honeywell Intl Inc             COM              438516106     7940   235700 SH       SOLE                    42400            193300
Household International        COM              441815107    74539  1793429 SH       SOLE                   762616           1030813
                                                             69293  1667200 SH       DEFINED               1667200
Hub Group Inc. Cl A            COM              443320106     4725   316337 SH       SOLE                                     316337
Huttig Building Products Inc   COM              448451104      502   121605 SH       SOLE                      153            121452
IBM                            COM              459200101     8356    76268 SH       SOLE                     8208             68060
IMS Health Inc.                COM              449934108     1444    80200 SH       SOLE                                      80200
Ihop Corp                      COM              449623107     3610   215515 SH       SOLE                                     215515
Intel Corp                     COM              458140100     5395    40352 SH       SOLE                      400             39952
International Speedway Corp Cl COM              460335300     1999    48180 SH       SOLE                                      48180
Interpublic Group              COM              460690100     4899   113924 SH       SOLE                                     113924
Iron Mountain Inc              COM              462846106      340    10000 SH       SOLE                                      10000
Johnson & Johnson              COM              478160104     1272    12487 SH       SOLE                      200             12287
Kimball Internat'l             COM              494274103      307    20800 SH       SOLE                      800             20000
Knight Transportation          COM              499064103     2647   181800 SH       SOLE                     9300            172500
Leeds Federal Bankshares Inc   COM              524226107      159    15200 SH       SOLE                                      15200
Legg Mason                     COM              524901105      250     5000 SH       SOLE                                       5000
Lennar Corp                    COM              526057104      202    10000 SH       SOLE                                      10000
Leucadia Nat'l                 COM              527288104      246    10800 SH       SOLE                                      10800
Lexington Corporate Properties COM              529043101      121    10800 SH       SOLE                                      10800
Lilly Eli & Co.                COM              532457108     1382    13840 SH       SOLE                     8660              5180
Liz Claiborne                  COM              539320101      254     7200 SH       SOLE                     1300              5900
Loews                          COM              540424108     3907    65118 SH       SOLE                                      65118
Lynch Interactive Corp         COM              551146103      404     4300 SH       SOLE                                       4300
M & F Worldwide Corp           COM              552541104     4721   839325 SH       SOLE                                     839325
M & T Bank Corp                COM              570437103    13739    30531 SH       SOLE                     6500             24031
MBNA Corp.                     COM              55262L100      488    18000 SH       SOLE                                      18000
MFS Intermediate               COM              55273C107       98    15500 SH       SOLE                                      15500
Manpower                       COM              56418H100     3098    96825 SH       SOLE                    16400             80425
Manulife Financial Corp        COM              56501r106    11213   629500 SH       SOLE                                     629500
Markel Corp                    COM              570535104      660     4657 SH       SOLE                      200              4457
McDonalds                      COM              580135101     2620    79544 SH       SOLE                      200             79344
Medical Manager Corp New       COM              58461u103      535    15700 SH       SOLE                                      15700
Mellon Financial Corp          COM              58551a108     2724    74748 SH       SOLE                                      74748
Mercantile Bankshares          COM              587405101     1817    60952 SH       SOLE                    23175             37777
                                                              7444   249700 SH       DEFINED                249700
Merck & Co.                    COM              589331107     1162    15168 SH       SOLE                      700             14468
Merrill Lynch & Co             COM              590188108     2357    20500 SH       SOLE                     9000             11500
Microsoft                      COM              594918104     1977    24711 SH       SOLE                     1700             23011
Millicom - Escrow              COM              600813794        0    55250 SH       SOLE                                      55250
Mocon Inc                      COM              607494101      118    21000 SH       SOLE                                      21000
Morgan J P & Co.               COM              616880100      687     6235 SH       SOLE                      203              6032
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Dis COM              617446448     7571    90938 SH       SOLE                     8100             82838
Nabisco Group Holdings         COM              62952p102      313    12080 SH       SOLE                    12000                80
Nacco Industries - Class A     COM              629579103    10482   298427 SH       SOLE                                     298427
Nat'l Commerce Bancorp         COM              635449101    45807  2851767 SH       SOLE                   957538           1894229
                                                             18406  1145900 SH       DEFINED               1145900
Nat'l Presto Industries        COM              637215104      251     8178 SH       SOLE                      527              7651
New Horizons Worldwide Inc.    COM              645526104      319    13750 SH       SOLE                                      13750
Northeast Bancorp - ESCROW     COM              664058989        0    27896 SH       SOLE                    10031             17865
Northern Trust Corp            COM              665859104      729    11200 SH       SOLE                                      11200
OPT Sciences                   COM              671003101       69    16300 SH       SOLE                                      16300
PNC Bank - Formerly PNC Financ COM              693475105      474    10116 SH       SOLE                                      10116
Penton Media Inc               COM              709668107      353    10098 SH       SOLE                     1350              8748
PepsiCo                        COM              713448108      885    19922 SH       SOLE                      355             19567
Perini Corp                    COM              713839108      933   266600 SH       SOLE                                     266600
Pfizer                         COM              717081103     1189    24777 SH       SOLE                                      24777
Pharmacia Corp                 COM              71713u102      320     6188 SH       SOLE                                       6188
Philip Morris                  COM              718154107    28453  1071167 SH       SOLE                   348408            722759
Pico Holdings Inc              COM              693366205     2859   203332 SH       SOLE                                     203332
Polaris Industries Inc         COM              731068102     4782   149424 SH       SOLE                    36100            113324
Procter & Gamble               COM              742718109     1681    29370 SH       SOLE                                      29370
Progressive Corp.  Ohio        COM              743315103   314676  4252384 SH       SOLE                  1605531           2646853
                                                            281267  3800900 SH       DEFINED               3800900
Ralston-Ralston Purina Group   COM              751277302      254    12759 SH       SOLE                                      12759
Renaissance Holdings LTD       COM              G7496G103     2206    50650 SH       SOLE                      400             50250
Royal Palm Beach Col           COM              780908208       11    13000 SH       SOLE                                      13000
SBC Communications (Southweste COM              78387G103      335     7739 SH       SOLE                      352              7387
Sara Lee                       COM              803111103     1329    68800 SH       SOLE                     1800             67000
Schlumberger Ltd               COM              806857108      291     3900 SH       SOLE                                       3900
Schwab Charles CP - New        COM              808513105     1334    39682 SH       SOLE                                      39682
Sears Roebuck & Co.            COM              812387108      209     6400 SH       SOLE                      600              5800
Servicemaster Co.              COM              81760n109    14618  1285111 SH       SOLE                   365374            919737
Southwest Gas Corp             COM              844895102      175    10000 SH       SOLE                                      10000
Spherion Corp                  COM              848420105   112891  6360036 SH       SOLE                   185250           6174786
Stanley Works                  COM              854616109      226     9500 SH       SOLE                                       9500
State Street Corp              COM              857477103     1415    13340 SH       SOLE                                      13340
Stewart Enterprises Inc Cl A   COM              860370105     1148   325000 SH       SOLE                                     325000
Sturm Ruger & Co.              COM              864159108     2755   310463 SH       SOLE                    30200            280263
Sun Life Financial Svcs of Can COM              866796105     2212   131100 SH       SOLE                                     131100
Sunburst Hospitality           COM              866948102      114    25602 SH       SOLE                     1299             24303
Suntrust Banks                 COM              867914103      255     5584 SH       SOLE                      400              5184
TCF Financial Corp.            COM              872275102      357    13906 SH       SOLE                                      13906
Teletech Holdings Inc          COM              879939106      621    20000 SH       SOLE                                      20000
Transact Technologies Inc      COM              892918103      343    31500 SH       SOLE                                      31500
Triad Guaranty Inc             COM              895925105     7278   317300 SH       SOLE                                     317300
Tyco Intl Ltd                  COM              902124106      303     6400 SH       SOLE                                       6400
U.S. Bancorp New - Del.        COM              902973106    78505  4078162 SH       SOLE                  1649600           2428562
                                                             73144  3799700 SH       DEFINED               3799700
US West Inc - New              COM              912889102      228     2663 SH       SOLE                      104              2559
Unifirst Corp                  COM              904708104     1693   215000 SH       SOLE                                     215000
Verizon Communications         COM              077853109      202     3978 SH       SOLE                      258              3720
Viacom - Class B               COM              925524308      296     4335 SH       SOLE                                       4335
Virginia Capital Bancshares In COM              927758102      419    27500 SH       SOLE                                      27500
Visteon Corp                   COM              92839u107      283    23338 SH       SOLE                     4693             18645
Vodafone Group PLC Spon ADR    COM              92857w100      424    10165 SH       SOLE                                      10165
Vornado Realty Trust           COM              929042109      587    16886 SH       SOLE                                      16886
Vulcan Materials               COM              929160109      949    22224 SH       SOLE                    10800             11424
WCOM Inc GA                    COM              98157d106     4309    93929 SH       SOLE                                      93929
WTS Golden State Bancrp-Litig  COM              381197136      575   511150 SH       SOLE                                     511150
Wal-Mart Stores                COM              931142103      895    15534 SH       SOLE                                      15534
Walgreen                       COM              931422109     4478   139400 SH       SOLE                                     139400
Wallace Computer Services      COM              932270101      718    72725 SH       SOLE                     6400             66325
Washington Post - Class B      COM              939640108    13247    27713 SH       SOLE                                      27713
Wells Fargo & Co. New          COM              949746101      353     9110 SH       SOLE                                       9110
Wesco Financial                COM              950817106     6841    33373 SH       SOLE                                      33373
World Acceptance Corp.         COM              981419104     1496   284950 SH       SOLE                                     284950
Wrigley (Wm), Jr.              COM              982526105     1321    16475 SH       SOLE                                      16475
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