RUANE CUNNIFF & CO INC
13F-HR, 2000-05-12
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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:  March 31, 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      05/12/2000
         _______________________ _____________________ _________
              [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:       199

Form 13F Information Table Value Total:       $6,357,719
                                              [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.

                                                                 March 31, 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      952    16897 SH       SOLE                      190             16707
AT&T Corp Liberty Media Grp Se COM              001957208      772    13502 SH       SOLE                                      13502
Allstate                       COM              020002101      645    27068 SH       SOLE                     1112             25956
American Express               COM              025816109    42303   284029 SH       SOLE                    94850            189179
American Home Prods            COM              026609107      707    13156 SH       SOLE                                      13156
American Internat'l Group      COM              026874107    43967   401523 SH       SOLE                   130814            270709
Aon Corp.                      COM              037389103      216     6695 SH       SOLE                        1              6694
Aptargroup                     COM              038336103      246     9218 SH       SOLE                      600              8618
Arctic Cat Inc                 COM              039670104      792    77300 SH       SOLE                     4000             73300
Arnold Industries              COM              042595108      462    36048 SH       SOLE                                      36048
Associates First Capital Corp  COM              046008108     1795    83982 SH       SOLE                    17374             66608
Automatic Data Processing      COM              053015103      432     8944 SH       SOLE                                       8944
BB & T  Corp                   COM              054937107    11144   397102 SH       SOLE                    36818            360284
Bank One                       COM              059438101      470    13680 SH       SOLE                    11000              2680
Bank of America Corp           COM              060505104     4659    88844 SH       SOLE                    18132             70712
Bank of New York               COM              064057102      249     6000 SH       SOLE                                       6000
Bear Stearns Companies         COM              073902108     2323    50925 SH       SOLE                    18759             32166
Bell Atlantic                  COM              077853109      243     3978 SH       SOLE                      258              3720
Berkshire Hathaway - Cl A      COM              084670108  1490355    26055 SH       SOLE                     9607             16448
                                                           1154010    20175 SH       DEFINED                 20175
Berkshire Hathaway - Cl B      COM              084670207   103753    57007 SH       SOLE                    15714             41293
Bestfoods                      COM              08658u101      426     9100 SH       SOLE                                       9100
Bowater                        COM              102183100     3273    61318 SH       SOLE                     3753             57565
Bowl America - Class A         COM              102565108      118    15200 SH       SOLE                                      15200
Briggs & Stratton              COM              109043109      230     5600 SH       SOLE                     2400              3200
Bristol-Myers Squibb           COM              110122108      687    11850 SH       SOLE                      400             11450
Brown & Brown Inc.             COM              115236101    21289   550287 SH       SOLE                   148200            402087
CDI                            COM              125071100      613    32260 SH       SOLE                                      32260
CFS Bancorp Inc                COM              12525d102      408    45300 SH       SOLE                                      45300
CNA Financial Corp.            COM              126117100      265     8200 SH       SOLE                      900              7300
California Center Bank Los Ang COM              13007A103      157    11543 SH       SOLE                                      11543
Capital Federal Financial      COM              14057c106     2237   237000 SH       SOLE                                     237000
Carlisle Companies             COM              142339100      336     8400 SH       SOLE                     8400
Cary Intl Inc                  COM              141750109     2728   160500 SH       SOLE                                     160500
Cedar Fair LP-Dep Rcpts Repstg COM              150185106     4580   230417 SH       SOLE                                     230417
Charter One Financial Inc.     COM              160903100    14137   673179 SH       SOLE                                     673179
Chase Manhattan - New          COM              16161A108     1280    14676 SH       SOLE                     3744             10932
Chemed Corp                    COM              163596109     4758   158600 SH       SOLE                                     158600
Choice Hotels Int'l Inc- New   COM              169905106    10151   703097 SH       SOLE                    11600            691497
Chubb                          COM              171232101      203     3000 SH       SOLE                                       3000
Cisco Systems Inc              COM              17275R102      815    10548 SH       SOLE                      600              9948
Citigroup Inc                  COM              172967101    22910   382635 SH       SOLE                    20993            361642
Coca Cola                      COM              191216100    13253   282354 SH       SOLE                   103850            178504
Comcast Corp. Special Cl A     COM              200300201     1246    28736 SH       SOLE                     4794             23942
Comerica                       COM              200340107     2431    58047 SH       SOLE                    15000             43047
Consolidated Papers            COM              209759109      407    10600 SH       SOLE                                      10600
Corus Bankshares Inc.          COM              220873103     2060    87180 SH       SOLE                    10447             76733
Crane Co.                      COM              224399105     6645   282004 SH       SOLE                    42340            239664
Daimler-Chrysler AG            COM              d1668r123     8928   136434 SH       SOLE                    20883            115551
Danielson Hldg                 COM              236274106      417    65364 SH       SOLE                    33864             31500
Delphi Automotive Systems Corp COM              247126105     1080    67507 SH       SOLE                    11285             56222
Delphi Financial Group         COM              247131105     4530   149134 SH       SOLE                                     149134
Disney Walt                    COM              254687106     2729    66158 SH       SOLE                                      66158
Du Pont E I De Nemours & Co.   COM              263534109      562    10611 SH       SOLE                      177             10434
Duff & Phelps Credit Rating    COM              26432F109      349     3500 SH       SOLE                                       3500
Dynatech Corp                  COM              268140100      361    25000 SH       SOLE                                      25000
EPL Technologies Inc           COM              268920204       44    16667 SH       SOLE                                      16667
Everest Re Group Ltd           COM              g3223r108    21226   650610 SH       SOLE                                     650610
Exxon Mobil Corp               COM              30131g103      947    12152 SH       SOLE                                      12152
Fair Isaac & Company Inc.      COM              303250104     4712   121200 SH       SOLE                                     121200
Fannie Mae                     COM              313586109    15490   273849 SH       SOLE                    52308            221541
Fifth Third Bancorp            COM              316773100   602853  9569093 SH       SOLE                  3802822           5766271
                                                            375396  5958662 SH       DEFINED               5958662
First Bancorp of Ind Inc.      COM              m97592766      141    15000 SH       SOLE                                      15000
First Nat'l Bank Anchorage Ala COM              322387101     1400     1564 SH       SOLE                                       1564
First Security Corp            COM              336294103     1546   128847 SH       SOLE                                     128847
First Union Corp.              COM              337358105      323     8670 SH       SOLE                                       8670
Firstar Corp. - New            COM              33763v109     1351    58918 SH       SOLE                                      58918
Firstfed Bancorp               COM              33761Q102      369    39860 SH       SOLE                                      39860
Ford Motor                     COM              345370100     8170   177855 SH       SOLE                    33155            144700
Franklin Electric              COM              353514102    18711   292937 SH       SOLE                    67525            225412
Freddie Mac                    COM              313400301   402665  9112634 SH       SOLE                  3900842           5211792
                                                            480508 10874300 SH       DEFINED              10874300
G & K Services Inc. Cl A       COM              361268105     2306   117986 SH       SOLE                    51900             66086
GTE Corp.                      COM              362320103      316     4453 SH       SOLE                                       4453
Gannett Co.                    COM              364730101      607     8620 SH       SOLE                                       8620
General Electric               COM              369604103     6119    39321 SH       SOLE                      400             38921
General Motors                 COM              370442105     9088   109739 SH       SOLE                    23552             86187
Gillette                       COM              375766102    24775   657377 SH       SOLE                   181644            475733
Grey Advertising - Class B     COM              397838103      586     1432 SH       SOLE                                       1432
Heartland Express              COM              422347104     2677   190565 SH       SOLE                     2933            187632
Herman Miller Inc.             COM              600544100     7610   271800 SH       SOLE                    52250            219550
Hershey Foods                  COM              427866108      565    11600 SH       SOLE                                      11600
Hollinger Internat'l Inc.      COM              435569108      418    38900 SH       SOLE                      500             38400
Home Depot                     COM              437076102    20579   319050 SH       SOLE                   177000            142050
Home Port Bancorp              COM              437304108     2563   109050 SH       SOLE                                     109050
Household International        COM              441815107    68156  1826626 SH       SOLE                   783516           1043110
                                                             65857  1765000 SH       DEFINED               1765000
Hub Group Inc. Cl A            COM              443320106     4857   318481 SH       SOLE                                     318481
Huttig Building Products Inc   COM              448451104      609   135352 SH       SOLE                      153            135199
IBM                            COM              459200101     9165    77668 SH       SOLE                     7808             69860
IMS Health Inc.                COM              449934108     1358    80200 SH       SOLE                                      80200
Ihop Corp                      COM              449623107     3017   215515 SH       SOLE                                     215515
Intel Corp                     COM              458140100     5317    40302 SH       SOLE                      400             39902
Interim Services               COM              45868P100   117888  6350868 SH       SOLE                   185250           6165618
International Speedway Corp Cl COM              460335300     2168    48180 SH       SOLE                                      48180
Interpublic Group              COM              460690100     5610   118724 SH       SOLE                                     118724
Iron Mountain Inc              COM              462846106      341    10000 SH       SOLE                                      10000
Jackpot Enterprises            COM              466392107     1656    99608 SH       SOLE                                      99608
Johnson & Johnson              COM              478160104      819    11658 SH       SOLE                      200             11458
Jostens                        COM              481088102      227     9300 SH       SOLE                                       9300
Kimball Internat'l             COM              494274103      229    20800 SH       SOLE                                      20800
Knight Transportation          COM              499064103     3733   213300 SH       SOLE                     9300            204000
Kollmorgen Corp.               COM              500440102      764    55600 SH       SOLE                    55000               600
Leeds Federal Bankshares Inc   COM              524226107      148    15200 SH       SOLE                                      15200
Legg Mason                     COM              524901105      216     5000 SH       SOLE                                       5000
Leucadia Nat'l                 COM              527288104      256    10800 SH       SOLE                                      10800
Lexington Corporate Properties COM              529043101      111    10800 SH       SOLE                                      10800
Lilly Eli & Co.                COM              532457108      860    13740 SH       SOLE                     8660              5080
Liz Claiborne                  COM              539320101      334     7300 SH       SOLE                     1000              6300
Loews                          COM              540424108      369     7389 SH       SOLE                                       7389
Lucent Technologies Inc.       COM              549463107      205     3308 SH       SOLE                      164              3144
Lynch Interactive Corp         COM              551146103      559     4300 SH       SOLE                                       4300
M & F Worldwide Corp           COM              552541104     3663   837325 SH       SOLE                                     837325
MBNA Corp.                     COM              55262L100      663    26000 SH       SOLE                                      26000
MFS Intermediate               COM              55273C107       95    15500 SH       SOLE                                      15500
Management Assistance - Liquid COM              561671504        2    10000 SH       SOLE                                      10000
Manpower                       COM              56418H100     3483    98125 SH       SOLE                    16400             81725
Markel Corp                    COM              570535104      697     4787 SH       SOLE                      200              4587
McDonalds                      COM              580135101     2992    80044 SH       SOLE                      200             79844
Mellon Financial Corp          COM              58551a108     2438    81948 SH       SOLE                                      81948
Mercantile Bankshares          COM              587405101     1863    60952 SH       SOLE                    23175             37777
                                                              9893   323700 SH       DEFINED                323700
Merck & Co.                    COM              589331107      973    15668 SH       SOLE                      700             14968
Merrill Lynch & Co             COM              590188108     3129    29800 SH       SOLE                    18000             11800
Microsoft                      COM              594918104     1930    18161 SH       SOLE                     1700             16461
Millicom - Escrow              COM              600813794        0    55250 SH       SOLE                                      55250
Mocon Inc                      COM              607494101      117    21000 SH       SOLE                                      21000
Morgan J P & Co.               COM              616880100      821     6235 SH       SOLE                      203              6032
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Dis COM              617446448     7667    92512 SH       SOLE                     7250             85262
Nabisco Group Holdings         COM              62952p102      146    12080 SH       SOLE                    12000                80
Nacco Industries - Class A     COM              629579103     5445   113581 SH       SOLE                                     113581
Nat'l Commerce Bancorp         COM              635449101    53752  2905508 SH       SOLE                  1007070           1898438
                                                             21199  1145900 SH       DEFINED               1145900
Nat'l Presto Industries        COM              637215104      290     8878 SH       SOLE                      327              8551
New Horizons Worldwide Inc.    COM              645526104      244    13750 SH       SOLE                                      13750
Northeast Bancorp - ESCROW     COM              664058989        0    27896 SH       SOLE                    10031             17865
Northern Trust Corp            COM              665859104     1000    14800 SH       SOLE                                      14800
OPT Sciences                   COM              671003101       69    16300 SH       SOLE                                      16300
PNC Bank - Formerly PNC Financ COM              693475105      456    10116 SH       SOLE                                      10116
Penton Media Inc               COM              709668107      263    10098 SH       SOLE                      450              9648
PepsiCo                        COM              713448108      695    19922 SH       SOLE                      355             19567
Perini Corp                    COM              713839108     1183   266600 SH       SOLE                                     266600
Pfizer                         COM              717081103      876    23952 SH       SOLE                                      23952
Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc.        COM              716941109      309     5200 SH       SOLE                                       5200
Philip Morris                  COM              718154107    23209  1098657 SH       SOLE                   373408            725249
Pico Holdings Inc              COM              693366205     2607   234332 SH       SOLE                                     234332
Polaris Industries Inc         COM              731068102     4592   152441 SH       SOLE                    36100            116341
Procter & Gamble               COM              742718109     1659    29370 SH       SOLE                                      29370
Progressive Corp.  Ohio        COM              743315103   346071  4549818 SH       SOLE                  1667556           2882262
                                                            289106  3800900 SH       DEFINED               3800900
Ralston-Ralston Purina Group   COM              751277302      351    12759 SH       SOLE                                      12759
Reinsurance Group of America   COM              759351109    10727   450480 SH       SOLE                                     450480
Renaissance Holdings LTD       COM              G7496G103     2070    50650 SH       SOLE                      400             50250
Royal Palm Beach Col           COM              780908208       11    14000 SH       SOLE                                      14000
SBC Communications (Southweste COM              78387G103      326     7739 SH       SOLE                      352              7387
Sara Lee                       COM              803111103     1238    68800 SH       SOLE                                      68800
Schlumberger Ltd               COM              806857108      298     3900 SH       SOLE                                       3900
Schwab Charles CP - New        COM              808513105     1243    22000 SH       SOLE                                      22000
Servicemaster Co.              COM              81760n109    14216  1263673 SH       SOLE                   365374            898299
Southwest Gas Corp             COM              844895102      191    10000 SH       SOLE                                      10000
Stanley Works                  COM              854616109      251     9500 SH       SOLE                                       9500
State Street Corp              COM              857477103     1292    13340 SH       SOLE                                      13340
Stewart Enterprises Inc Cl A   COM              860370105     1605   325000 SH       SOLE                                     325000
Sturm Ruger & Co.              COM              864159108     2745   313703 SH       SOLE                    24600            289103
Sunburst Hospitality           COM              866948102      126    25602 SH       SOLE                     1299             24303
Suntrust Banks                 COM              867914103      552     9559 SH       SOLE                      400              9159
Sykes Enterprises Inc          COM              871237103      953    50000 SH       SOLE                                      50000
TCF Financial Corp.            COM              872275102      350    14685 SH       SOLE                                      14685
Teletech Holdings Inc          COM              879939106      690    20000 SH       SOLE                                      20000
Time Warner                    COM              887315109      272     2725 SH       SOLE                                       2725
Tokheim Corp.                  COM              889073102       75    23657 SH       SOLE                     1456             22201
Transact Technologies Inc      COM              892918103       91    10000 SH       SOLE                                      10000
Triad Guaranty Inc             COM              895925105     6445   317300 SH       SOLE                                     317300
Tyco Intl Ltd                  COM              902124106      321     6400 SH       SOLE                                       6400
U.S. Bancorp New - Del.        COM              902973106    90194  4123145 SH       SOLE                  1683200           2439945
                                                             90613  4142300 SH       DEFINED               4142300
US Trust Corp. - New           COM              91288l105      246     1300 SH       SOLE                                       1300
Valspar Corp.                  COM              920355104     4295   112095 SH       SOLE                    32150             79945
Ventas Inc                     COM              92276f100       66    20000 SH       SOLE                                      20000
Viacom - Class B               COM              925524308      217     4118 SH       SOLE                                       4118
Virginia Capital Bancshares In COM              927758102      402    27500 SH       SOLE                                      27500
Vodafone Airtouch PLC Spon ADR COM              92857t107      565    10165 SH       SOLE                                      10165
Vornado Realty Trust           COM              929042109      566    16886 SH       SOLE                                      16886
Vulcan Materials               COM              929160109     1018    22224 SH       SOLE                    10800             11424
WCOM Inc GA                    COM              98157d106      229     5048 SH       SOLE                                       5048
WTS Golden State Bancrp-Litig  COM              381197136      444   330400 SH       SOLE                                     330400
Waddell & Reed Financial Inc c COM              930059209     3141    80527 SH       SOLE                                      80527
Wal-Mart Stores                COM              931142103      878    15534 SH       SOLE                                      15534
Walgreen                       COM              931422109      757    29400 SH       SOLE                                      29400
Wallace Computer Services      COM              932270101      880    74475 SH       SOLE                     5400             69075
Warner-Lambert                 COM              934488107      264     2700 SH       SOLE                                       2700
Washington Post - Class B      COM              939640108     4173     7713 SH       SOLE                                       7713
Wells Fargo & Co. New          COM              949746101      371     9110 SH       SOLE                                       9110
Wesco Financial                COM              950817106     8157    31988 SH       SOLE                                      31988
World Acceptance Corp.         COM              981419104     1473   290921 SH       SOLE                                     290921
Wrigley (Wm), Jr.              COM              982526105     1265    16475 SH       SOLE                                      16475
Yankee Candle Inc              COM              984757104     1490    94200 SH       SOLE                                      94200
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