Arizona v. Manypenny

Decided April 21, 1981. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 79-621 · 451 U.S. 232 (1981) · Cited 451 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• Maryland v. Soper, Judge · 270 U.S. 9 (1926)
• Palko v. Connecticut · 302 U.S. 319 (1937)
• United States v. Wilson · 420 U.S. 332 (1975)
• Tennessee v. Davis · 100 U.S. 257 (1880)
• Benton v. Maryland · 395 U.S. 784 (1969)
• Will v. United States · 389 U.S. 90 (1967)
• Colorado v. Symes · 286 U.S. 510 (1932)
• United States v. Martin Linen Supply Co. · 430 U.S. 564 (1977)
• DiBella v. United States · 369 U.S. 121 (1962)
• Willingham v. Morgan · 395 U.S. 402 (1969)
• Carroll v. United States · 354 U.S. 394 (1957)
• Burks v. United States · 437 U.S. 1 (1978)
• Patterson v. New York · 432 U.S. 197 (1977)
• Huffman v. Pursue, Ltd. · 420 U.S. 592 (1975)
• United States v. DiFrancesco · 449 U.S. 117 (1980)
• D'Oench, Duhme & Co. v. Federal Deposit Insurance · 315 U.S. 447 (1942)
• United States v. Ball · 163 U.S. 662 (1896)
• Sanabria v. United States · 437 U.S. 54 (1978)
• Fong Foo v. United States · 369 U.S. 141 (1962)
• Board of Comm'rs of Jackson Cty. v. United States · 308 U.S. 343 (1939)
• Minnesota v. United States · 305 U.S. 382 (1939)
• Lambert Run Coal Co. v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad · 258 U.S. 377 (1922)
• United States v. Sisson · 399 U.S. 267 (1970)
• Freeman v. Bee MacHine Co., Inc · 319 U.S. 448 (1943)
• Deitrick v. Greaney · 309 U.S. 190 (1940)

Cited by

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• Watson v. Philip Morris Companies, Inc. · 551 U.S. 142 (2007)
• International Primate Protection League v. Administrators of Tulane Educational Fund · 500 U.S. 72 (1991)
• Hall v. Hall · 584 U.S. 59 (2018)
• Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. · 604 U.S. 305 (2025)
• Mesa v. California · 489 U.S. 121 (1989)

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