Adamson v. California

Decided June 23, 1947. Stanley Forman Reed delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 102 · 332 U.S. 46 (1947) · Cited 547 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Twining v. New Jersey · 211 U.S. 78 (1908)
• Palko v. Connecticut · 302 U.S. 319 (1937)
• Barron Ex Rel. Tiernan v. Mayor of Baltimore · 32 U.S. 243 (1833)
• Maxwell v. Dow · 176 U.S. 581 (1900)
• Betts v. Brady · 316 U.S. 455 (1942)
• Allgeyer v. Louisiana · 165 U.S. 578 (1897)
• Feldman v. United States · 322 U.S. 487 (1944)
• Chambers v. Florida · 309 U.S. 227 (1940)
• Malinski v. New York · 324 U.S. 401 (1945)
• Ashcraft v. Tennessee · 322 U.S. 143 (1944)
• O'Neil v. Vermont · 144 U.S. 323 (1892)
• Boyd v. United States · 116 U.S. 616 (1886)
• Snyder v. Massachusetts · 291 U.S. 97 (1934)
• Everson v. Board of Ed. of Ewing · 330 U.S. 1 (1947)
• Lochner v. New York · 198 U.S. 45 (1905)
• Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Chicago · 166 U.S. 226 (1897)
• Madden v. Kentucky Ex Rel. Commissioner · 309 U.S. 83 (1940)
• Louisiana Ex Rel. Francis v. Resweber · 329 U.S. 459 (1947)
• Johnson v. United States · 318 U.S. 189 (1943)
• Bruno v. United States · 308 U.S. 287 (1939)
• Hebert v. Louisiana · 272 U.S. 312 (1926)
• Raffel v. United States · 271 U.S. 494 (1926)
• Wilson v. United States · 149 U.S. 60 (1893)
• Buchalter v. New York · 319 U.S. 427 (1943)
• International Shoe Co. v. Washington · 326 U.S. 310 (1945)
• Powell v. Alabama · 287 U.S. 45 (1932)
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356 (1886)
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette · 319 U.S. 624 (1943)
• Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88 (1940)
• Haguer v. Committee for Industrial Organization · 307 U.S. 496 (1939)

Cited by

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• Duncan v. Louisiana · 391 U.S. 145 (1968)
• McDonald v. City of Chicago · 561 U.S. 742 (2010)
• Cohen v. Hurley · 366 U.S. 117 (1961)
• Albright v. Oliver · 510 U.S. 266 (1994)
• Malloy v. Hogan · 378 U.S. 1 (1964)
• Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Griffin v. California · 380 U.S. 609 (1965)
• Wolf v. Colorado · 338 U.S. 25 (1949)
• Pointer v. Texas · 380 U.S. 400 (1965)
• Brown v. Allen · 344 U.S. 443 (1953)
• Tehan v. United States Ex Rel. Shott · 382 U.S. 406 (1966)
• Bute v. Illinois · 333 U.S. 640 (1948)
• Rochin v. California · 342 U.S. 165 (1952)
• In Re Oliver · 333 U.S. 257 (1948)
• Williams v. Florida · 399 U.S. 78 (1970)
• Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections · 383 U.S. 663 (1966)
• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs. · 436 U.S. 658 (1978)
• In Re WINSHIP · 397 U.S. 358 (1970)
• Mapp v. Ohio · 367 U.S. 643 (1961)
• Jackson v. Denno · 378 U.S. 368 (1964)
• Baxter v. Palmigiano · 425 U.S. 308 (1976)
• Sniadach v. Family Finance Corp. of Bay View · 395 U.S. 337 (1969)
• Estes v. Texas · 381 U.S. 532 (1965)
• Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Haslip · 499 U.S. 1 (1991)
• Poe v. Ullman · 367 U.S. 497 (1961)
• Bartkus v. Illinois · 359 U.S. 121 (1959)
• Stein v. New York · 346 U.S. 156 (1953)
• Gideon v. Wainwright · 372 U.S. 335 (1963)
• Teague v. Lane · 489 U.S. 288 (1989)
• Goldberg v. Kelly · 397 U.S. 254 (1970)

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