Allee et al. v. Medrano et al.

Decided May 20, 1974. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 72-1125 · 416 U.S. 802 (1974) · Cited 501 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–3.

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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.

• Younger v. Harris · 401 U.S. 37 (1971)
• Steffel v. Thompson · 415 U.S. 452 (1974)
• Perez v. Ledesma · 401 U.S. 82 (1971)
• O'Shea v. Littleton · 414 U.S. 488 (1974)
• Dombrowski v. Pfister · 380 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Jacobsen · 362 U.S. 73 (1960)
• Rosado v. Wyman · 397 U.S. 397 (1970)
• Samuel Bailey v. Joe T. Patterson · 369 U.S. 31 (1962)
• Cameron v. Johnson · 390 U.S. 611 (1968)
• Roe v. Wade · 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• Haguer v. Committee for Industrial Organization · 307 U.S. 496 (1939)
• SAMUELS Et Al. v. MACKELL, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF QUEENS COUNTY, Et Al. · 401 U.S. 66 (1971)
• Gray v. Sanders · 372 U.S. 368 (1963)
• Terry v. Ohio · 392 U.S. 1 (1968)
• Santobello v. New York · 404 U.S. 257 (1971)
• Monroe v. Pape · 365 U.S. 167 (1961)
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma · 413 U.S. 601 (1973)
• Sierra Club v. Morton · 405 U.S. 727 (1972)
• United States v. W. T. Grant Co. · 345 U.S. 629 (1953)
• Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88 (1940)
• Massachusetts v. Mellon · 262 U.S. 447 (1923)
• Thomas v. Collins · 323 U.S. 516 (1945)
• McNeese v. Board of Education for Community Unit School District 187 Cahokia · 373 U.S. 668 (1963)
• Cox v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 559 (1965)
• Edwards v. South Carolina · 372 U.S. 229 (1963)
• Stefanelli v. Minard · 342 U.S. 117 (1951)
• Phillips v. United States · 312 U.S. 246 (1941)
• Boyle v. Landry · 401 U.S. 77 (1971)
• Walling v. Helmerich & Payne, Inc. · 323 U.S. 37 (1944)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Rizzo v. Goode · 423 U.S. 362 (1976)
• City of Los Angeles v. Lyons · 461 U.S. 95 (1983)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Delgado · 466 U.S. 210 (1984)
• Northeastern Florida Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America v. City of Jacksonville · 508 U.S. 656 (1993)
• Allen v. Wright · 468 U.S. 737 (1984)
• Zablocki v. Redhail · 434 U.S. 374 (1978)
• Hicks v. Miranda · 422 U.S. 332 (1975)
• Iron Arrow Honor Society v. Heckler · 464 U.S. 67 (1983)
• Christian Legal Soc. Chapter of Univ. of Cal., Hastings College of Law v. Martinez · 561 U.S. 661 (2010)

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