Breard v. Alexandria

Decided June 4, 1951. Stanley Forman Reed delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 399 · 341 U.S. 622 (1951) · Cited 608 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• Martin v. City of Struthers · 319 U.S. 141 (1943)
• Nippert v. City of Richmond · 327 U.S. 416 (1946)
• Dean Milk Co. v. City of Madison · 340 U.S. 349 (1951)
• Baldwin v. G. A. F. Seelig, Inc. · 294 U.S. 511 (1935)
• H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. v. Du Mond · 336 U.S. 525 (1949)
• Parker v. Brown · 317 U.S. 341 (1943)
• Marsh v. Alabama · 326 U.S. 501 (1946)
• New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann · 285 U.S. 262 (1932)
• Robbins v. Shelby County Taxing District · 120 U.S. 489 (1887)
• International Textbook Co. v. Pigg · 217 U.S. 91 (1910)
• Real Silk Hosiery Mills v. City of Portland · 268 U.S. 325 (1925)
• Murdock v. Pennsylvania · 319 U.S. 105 (1943)
• Kovacs v. Cooper · 336 U.S. 77 (1949)
• Jamison v. Texas · 318 U.S. 413 (1943)
• Gundling v. Chicago · 177 U.S. 183 (1900)
• Arizona v. California · 283 U.S. 423 (1931)
• Adams v. Tanner · 244 U.S. 590 (1917)
• Best & Co. v. Maxwell · 311 U.S. 454 (1940)
• Emert v. Missouri · 156 U.S. 296 (1895)
• California v. Thompson · 313 U.S. 109 (1941)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire · 315 U.S. 568 (1942)
• Prince v. Massachusetts · 321 U.S. 158 (1944)
• Asbell v. Kansas · 209 U.S. 251 (1908)
• Nebbia v. New York · 291 U.S. 502 (1934)
• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444 (1938)
• Thomas v. Collins · 323 U.S. 516 (1945)
• Cox v. New Hampshire · 312 U.S. 569 (1941)
• United States v. Carolene Products Co. · 304 U.S. 144 (1938)
• Associated Press v. United States · 326 U.S. 1 (1945)

Cited by

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

• Village of Schaumburg v. Citizens for a Better Environment · 444 U.S. 620 (1980)
• Minneapolis Star & Tribune Co. v. Minnesota Commissioner of Revenue · 460 U.S. 575 (1983)
• Florida v. Jardines · 569 U.S. 1 (2013)
• Miller v. California · 413 U.S. 15 (1973)
• Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. · 425 U.S. 748 (1976)
• Lehman v. City of Shaker Heights · 418 U.S. 298 (1974)
• Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton · 413 U.S. 49 (1973)
• Erznoznik v. City of Jacksonville · 422 U.S. 205 (1975)
• Bigelow v. Virginia · 421 U.S. 809 (1975)
• Poulos v. New Hampshire · 345 U.S. 395 (1953)
• Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission · 447 U.S. 557 (1980)
• Time, Inc. v. Hill · 385 U.S. 374 (1967)
• Ginzburg v. United States · 383 U.S. 463 (1966)
• Katz v. United States · 389 U.S. 347 (1967)
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma · 413 U.S. 601 (1973)
• Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Roth v. United States · 354 U.S. 476 (1957)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• Shelton v. Tucker · 364 U.S. 479 (1960)
• City of Lakewood v. Plain Dealer Publishing Co. · 486 U.S. 750 (1988)
• Bates v. State Bar of Arizona · 433 U.S. 350 (1977)
• Ohralik v. Ohio State Bar Assn. · 436 U.S. 447 (1978)
• Ferguson v. Skrupa · 372 U.S. 726 (1963)
• Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc. · 403 U.S. 29 (1971)
• City of Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc. · 507 U.S. 410 (1993)
• Exxon Corp. v. Governor of Maryland · 437 U.S. 117 (1978)
• City of Lafayette v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. · 435 U.S. 389 (1978)
• United States v. Thirty-Seven (37) Photographs · 402 U.S. 363 (1971)
• Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Democratic National Committee · 412 U.S. 94 (1973)
• Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal. · 366 U.S. 36 (1961)

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