Breithaupt v. Abram, Warden
Decided February 25, 1957. Tom C. Clark delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 69 · 352 U.S. 432 (1957) · Cited 760 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 6–3.
Majority · 6
- Tom C. Clark · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Felix Frankfurter
- Harold Hitz Burton
- John Marshall Harlan
- Stanley Forman Reed
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
Dissenting · 3
- Earl Warren · filed a dissenting opinion
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- William Orville Douglas · filed a dissenting opinion
“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.
- Rochin v. California · 342 U.S. 165 (1952)
- Palko v. Connecticut · 302 U.S. 319 (1937)
- Wolf v. Colorado · 338 U.S. 25 (1949)
- Brown v. Mississippi · 297 U.S. 278 (1936)
- Chambers v. Florida · 309 U.S. 227 (1940)
- Twining v. New Jersey · 211 U.S. 78 (1908)
- Leyra v. Denno · 347 U.S. 556 (1954)
- Irvine v. California · 347 U.S. 128 (1954)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Schmerber v. California · 384 U.S. 757 (1966)
- Mitchell v. Wisconsin · 588 U.S. 840 (2019)
- Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn. · 489 U.S. 602 (1989)
- Birchfield v. N. Dakota. William Robert Bernard · 579 U.S. 438 (2016)
- Elkins v. United States · 364 U.S. 206 (1960)
- County of Sacramento v. Lewis · 523 U.S. 833 (1998)
- South Dakota v. Neville · 459 U.S. 553 (1983)
- Michigan Department of State Police v. Sitz · 496 U.S. 444 (1990)
- Cruzan Ex Rel. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health · 497 U.S. 261 (1990)
- Chavez v. Martinez · 538 U.S. 760 (2003)
- Hannah v. Larche · 363 U.S. 420 (1960)
- Winston v. Lee · 470 U.S. 753 (1985)
- United States v. Mara · 410 U.S. 19 (1973)
- Perez v. Brownell · 356 U.S. 44 (1958)
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