Bryson v. United States
Decided December 8, 1969. John Marshall Harlan delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 35 · 396 U.S. 64 (1969) · Cited 297 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 6–2.
Majority · 6
- John Marshall Harlan · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Byron Raymond White
- Potter Stewart
- Thurgood Marshall
- Warren Earl Burger
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
Dissenting · 2
- 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.
- Dennis v. United States · 384 U.S. 855 (1966)
- American Communications Assn. v. Douds · 339 U.S. 382 (1950)
- United States v. Brown · 381 U.S. 437 (1965)
- United States v. Gilliland · 312 U.S. 86 (1941)
- Plessy v. Ferguson · 163 U.S. 537 (1896)
- United States v. Johnson · 383 U.S. 169 (1966)
- Viereck v. United States · 318 U.S. 236 (1943)
- Killian v. United States · 368 U.S. 231 (1961)
- United States v. Bramblett · 348 U.S. 503 (1955)
- Kay v. United States · 303 U.S. 1 (1938)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- United States v. Mandujano · 425 U.S. 564 (1976)
- LaChance v. Erickson · 522 U.S. 262 (1998)
- United States v. Havens · 446 U.S. 620 (1980)
- Huddleston v. United States · 415 U.S. 814 (1974)
- United States v. Apfelbaum · 445 U.S. 115 (1980)
- United States v. Rodgers · 466 U.S. 475 (1984)
- Brogan v. United States · 522 U.S. 398 (1998)
- United States v. Yermian · 468 U.S. 63 (1984)
- United States v. Wong · 431 U.S. 174 (1977)
- ABF Freight System, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 510 U.S. 317 (1994)
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