Barr v. Matteo et al.

Decided June 29, 1959. John Marshall Harlan delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 350 · 360 U.S. 564 (1959) · Cited 1,312 times

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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.

• Spalding v. Vilas · 161 U.S. 483 (1896)
• Tenney v. Brandhove · 341 U.S. 367 (1951)
• Bradley v. Fisher · 80 U.S. 335 (1872)
• United States v. Birdsall · 233 U.S. 223 (1914)

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• Butz v. Economou · 438 U.S. 478 (1978)
• Doe v. McMillan · 412 U.S. 306 (1973)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• Boyle v. United Technologies Corp. · 487 U.S. 500 (1988)
• Westfall v. Erwin · 484 U.S. 292 (1988)
• Wheeldin v. Wheeler · 373 U.S. 647 (1963)
• Scheuer v. Rhodes · 416 U.S. 232 (1974)
• Gravel v. United States · 408 U.S. 606 (1972)
• Anderson v. Creighton · 483 U.S. 635 (1987)
• Rosenblatt v. Baer · 383 U.S. 75 (1966)
• Cleavinger v. Saxner · 474 U.S. 193 (1985)
• Nixon v. Fitzgerald · 457 U.S. 731 (1982)
• Harlow v. Fitzgerald · 457 U.S. 800 (1982)
• Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · 403 U.S. 388 (1971)
• Paul v. Davis · 424 U.S. 693 (1976)
• Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · 418 U.S. 323 (1974)
• Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts · 388 U.S. 130 (1967)
• Garrison v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 64 (1964)
• Bush v. Lucas · 462 U.S. 367 (1983)
• Herbert v. Lando · 441 U.S. 153 (1979)
• Willingham v. Morgan · 395 U.S. 402 (1969)
• United States v. Stanley · 483 U.S. 669 (1987)
• Eastland v. United States Servicemen's Fund · 421 U.S. 491 (1975)
• Mesa v. California · 489 U.S. 121 (1989)
• Ferri v. Ackerman · 444 U.S. 193 (1979)

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