Arizona v. Hicks
Decided March 3, 1987. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 85-1027 · 480 U.S. 321 (1987) · Cited 1,525 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 6–3.
Majority · 5
- Antonin Scalia · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Harry Andrew Blackmun
- John Paul Stevens
- Thurgood Marshall
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
Concurring · 1
- Byron Raymond White · filed a concurring opinion
Dissenting · 3
- Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. · filed a dissenting opinion
- Sandra Day O'Connor · filed a dissenting opinion
- William Hubbs Rehnquist
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.
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.
- Coolidge v. New Hampshire · 403 U.S. 443 (1971)
- Texas v. Brown · 460 U.S. 730 (1983)
- Mincey v. Arizona · 437 U.S. 385 (1978)
- United States v. Place · 462 U.S. 696 (1983)
- Payton v. New York · 445 U.S. 573 (1980)
- Stanley v. Georgia · 394 U.S. 557 (1969)
- Terry v. Ohio · 392 U.S. 1 (1968)
- Carroll v. United States · 267 U.S. 132 (1925)
- United States v. Cortez · 449 U.S. 411 (1981)
- Delaware v. Prouse · 440 U.S. 648 (1979)
- United States v. Brignoni-Ponce · 422 U.S. 873 (1975)
- New Jersey v. T. L. O. · 469 U.S. 325 (1985)
- New York v. Class · 475 U.S. 106 (1986)
- Illinois v. Andreas · 463 U.S. 765 (1983)
- Maryland v. MacOn · 472 U.S. 463 (1985)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Maryland v. Buie · 494 U.S. 325 (1990)
- Horton v. California · 496 U.S. 128 (1990)
- Minnesota v. Dickerson · 508 U.S. 366 (1993)
- Soldal v. Cook County · 506 U.S. 56 (1992)
- Wilson v. Layne · 526 U.S. 603 (1999)
- Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn. · 489 U.S. 602 (1989)
- Kyllo v. United States · 533 U.S. 27 (2001)
- Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton · 515 U.S. 646 (1995)
- Hudson v. Michigan · 547 U.S. 586 (2006)
- Wyoming v. Houghton · 526 U.S. 295 (1999)
- Florida v. White · 526 U.S. 559 (1999)
- James v. Illinois · 493 U.S. 307 (1990)
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