Broadrick et al. v. Oklahoma et al.

Decided June 25, 1973. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 71-1639 · 413 U.S. 601 (1973) · Cited 4,338 times

Holding

Section 818 of the Oklahoma statute is not unconstitutional on its face.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.

How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• Coates v. City of Cincinnati · 402 U.S. 611 (1971)
• United States v. Raines · 362 U.S. 17 (1960)
• Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104 (1972)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• Connally v. General Construction Co. · 269 U.S. 385 (1926)
• Dombrowski v. Pfister · 380 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88 (1940)
• Shelton v. Tucker · 364 U.S. 479 (1960)
• Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NY · 385 U.S. 589 (1967)
• United Public Workers of America v. Mitchell · 330 U.S. 75 (1947)
• Cox v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 536 (1965)
• Gooding v. Wilson · 405 U.S. 518 (1972)
• Edwards v. South Carolina · 372 U.S. 229 (1963)
• United States v. Thirty-Seven (37) Photographs · 402 U.S. 363 (1971)
• Kunz v. New York · 340 U.S. 290 (1951)
• United States v. Wurzbach · 280 U.S. 396 (1930)
• McGowan v. Maryland · 366 U.S. 420 (1961)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• United States v. National Dairy Products Corp. · 372 U.S. 29 (1963)
• Aptheker v. Secretary of State · 378 U.S. 500 (1964)
• United States v. Robel · 389 U.S. 258 (1967)
• Cameron v. Johnson · 390 U.S. 611 (1968)
• Brown v. Louisiana · 383 U.S. 131 (1966)
• Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Jackson Vinegar Co. · 226 U.S. 217 (1912)
• Younger v. Harris · 401 U.S. 37 (1971)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty. · 391 U.S. 563 (1968)
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire · 315 U.S. 568 (1942)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Alderman v. United States · 394 U.S. 165 (1969)

Cited by

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

• New York v. Ferber · 458 U.S. 747 (1982)
• Hynes v. Mayor and Council of Oradell · 425 U.S. 610 (1976)
• Clements v. Fashing · 457 U.S. 957 (1982)
• R. A. v. v. City of St. Paul · 505 U.S. 377 (1992)
• Secretary of State of Md. v. Joseph H. Munson Co. · 467 U.S. 947 (1984)
• Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition · 535 U.S. 234 (2002)
• Virginia v. Hicks · 539 U.S. 113 (2003)
• Parker v. Levy · 417 U.S. 733 (1974)
• Massachusetts v. Oakes · 491 U.S. 576 (1989)
• FW/PBS, Inc. v. City of Dallas · 493 U.S. 215 (1990)
• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission · 558 U.S. 310 (2010)
• Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego · 453 U.S. 490 (1981)
• Frisby v. Schultz · 487 U.S. 474 (1988)
• Brockett v. Spokane Arcades, Inc. · 472 U.S. 491 (1985)
• Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union · 535 U.S. 564 (2002)
• Shelby County v. Holder · 570 U.S. 529 (2013)
• Morse v. Republican Party of Virginia · 517 U.S. 186 (1996)
• McConnell v. Federal Election Commission · 540 U.S. 93 (2003)
• Regan v. Time, Inc. · 468 U.S. 641 (1984)
• United States v. Sineneng-Smith · 590 U.S. 371 (2020)
• Los Angeles Police Department v. United Reporting Publishing Corp. · 528 U.S. 32 (1999)
• Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent · 466 U.S. 789 (1984)
• United States v. Williams · 553 U.S. 285 (2008)
• City of Houston v. Hill · 482 U.S. 451 (1987)
• Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party · 552 U.S. 442 (2008)
• Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois · 497 U.S. 62 (1990)
• Board of Trustees of State Univ. of NY v. Fox · 492 U.S. 469 (1989)
• New York State Club Assn., Inc. v. City of New York · 487 U.S. 1 (1988)
• Stenberg v. Carhart · 530 U.S. 914 (2000)
• Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky · 585 U.S. 1 (2018)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1973). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).