Boddie et al. v. Connecticut et al.

Decided March 2, 1971. John Marshall Harlan delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 27 · 401 U.S. 371 (1971) · Cited 3,052 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

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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.

• Griffin v. Illinois · 351 U.S. 12 (1956)
• Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · 337 U.S. 541 (1949)
• Burns v. Ohio · 360 U.S. 252 (1959)
• Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. · 339 U.S. 306 (1950)
• Goldberg v. Kelly · 397 U.S. 254 (1970)
• Douglas v. California · 372 U.S. 353 (1963)
• Smith v. Bennett · 365 U.S. 708 (1961)
• Covey v. Town of Somers · 351 U.S. 141 (1956)
• Hovey v. Elliott · 167 U.S. 409 (1897)
• In Re WINSHIP · 397 U.S. 358 (1970)
• Armstrong v. Manzo · 380 U.S. 545 (1965)
• Sherbert v. Verner · 374 U.S. 398 (1963)
• Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroy · 367 U.S. 886 (1961)
• Loving v. Virginia · 388 U.S. 1 (1967)
• Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. Williamson · 316 U.S. 535 (1942)
• Sniadach v. Family Finance Corp. of Bay View · 395 U.S. 337 (1969)
• Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections · 383 U.S. 663 (1966)
• Bowles v. Willingham · 321 U.S. 503 (1944)
• Draper v. Washington · 372 U.S. 487 (1963)
• Adkins v. Children's Hospital of Columbia · 261 U.S. 525 (1923)
• Opp Cotton Mills, Inc. v. Administrator of the Wage & Hour Division of the Department of Labor · 312 U.S. 126 (1941)
• Roberts v. LaVallee · 389 U.S. 40 (1967)
• Coe v. Armour Fertilizer Works · 237 U.S. 413 (1915)
• Long v. District Court of Iowa, Lee Cty. · 385 U.S. 192 (1966)
• Coppedge v. United States · 369 U.S. 438 (1962)
• Gideon v. Wainwright · 372 U.S. 335 (1963)
• Benton v. Maryland · 395 U.S. 784 (1969)
• Duncan v. Louisiana · 391 U.S. 145 (1968)
• Malloy v. Hogan · 378 U.S. 1 (1964)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)

Cited by

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

• United States v. Kras · 409 U.S. 434 (1973)
• Ortwein v. Schwab · 410 U.S. 656 (1973)
• Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co. · 455 U.S. 422 (1982)
• Sosna v. Iowa · 419 U.S. 393 (1975)
• Little v. Streater · 452 U.S. 1 (1981)
• Zablocki v. Redhail · 434 U.S. 374 (1978)
• Fuentes v. Shevin · 407 U.S. 67 (1972)
• Tennessee v. Lane · 541 U.S. 509 (2004)
• Maher v. Roe · 432 U.S. 464 (1977)
• Arnett v. Kennedy · 416 U.S. 134 (1974)
• DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services · 489 U.S. 189 (1989)
• D. H. Overmyer Co., Inc. of Ohio v. Frick Co. · 405 U.S. 174 (1972)
• Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · 408 U.S. 564 (1972)
• Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill · 470 U.S. 532 (1985)
• Parratt v. Taylor · 451 U.S. 527 (1981)
• Goss v. Lopez · 419 U.S. 565 (1975)
• Christopher v. Harbury · 536 U.S. 403 (2002)
• Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Assn., Inc. · 452 U.S. 264 (1981)
• MacKey v. Montrym · 443 U.S. 1 (1979)
• Fusari v. Steinberg · 419 U.S. 379 (1975)
• Brock v. Roadway Express, Inc. · 481 U.S. 252 (1987)
• Hurtado v. United States · 410 U.S. 578 (1973)
• Jackson v. Virginia · 443 U.S. 307 (1979)
• Mathews v. Eldridge · 424 U.S. 319 (1976)
• Morrissey v. Brewer · 408 U.S. 471 (1972)
• Lewis v. Casey · 518 U.S. 343 (1996)
• Picard v. Connor · 404 U.S. 270 (1971)
• Solem v. Helm · 463 U.S. 277 (1983)
• Lassiter v. Department of Social Servs. of Durham Cty. · 452 U.S. 18 (1981)
• Carey v. Piphus · 435 U.S. 247 (1978)

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