Cammarano et Ux. v. United States

Decided February 24, 1959. John Marshall Harlan delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 29 · 358 U.S. 498 (1959) · Cited 275 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
• Commissioner v. Heininger · 320 U.S. 467 (1943)
• Valentine v. Chrestensen · 316 U.S. 52 (1942)
• Rake v. Wade · 508 U.S. 464 (1993)
• Martin v. City of Struthers · 319 U.S. 141 (1943)
• United States v. Rumely · 345 U.S. 41 (1953)
• Textile Mills Securities Corp. v. Commissioner · 314 U.S. 326 (1941)
• Follett v. Town of McCormick · 321 U.S. 573 (1944)
• Commissioner v. Sullivan · 356 U.S. 27 (1958)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• Roth v. United States · 354 U.S. 476 (1957)
• Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88 (1940)
• United States v. Harriss · 347 U.S. 612 (1954)
• Stromberg v. California · 283 U.S. 359 (1931)
• Commissioner v. Glenshaw Glass Co. · 348 U.S. 426 (1955)
• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444 (1938)
• Murdock v. Pennsylvania · 319 U.S. 105 (1943)
• Grosjean v. American Press Co. · 297 U.S. 233 (1936)
• Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson · 343 U.S. 495 (1952)
• Illinois Ex Rel. McCollum v. Board of Ed. of School Dist. No. 71, Champaign Cty. · 333 U.S. 203 (1948)
• Breard v. Alexandria · 341 U.S. 622 (1951)
• Trust Under the Will of Bingham v. Commissioner · 325 U.S. 365 (1945)
• Helvering v. Winmill · 305 U.S. 79 (1938)
• Jamison v. Texas · 318 U.S. 413 (1943)
• McDonald v. Commissioner · 323 U.S. 57 (1944)
• Jones v. Liberty Glass Co. · 332 U.S. 524 (1947)
• Old Mission Portland Cement Co. v. Helvering · 293 U.S. 289 (1934)
• United States v. Stafoff · 260 U.S. 477 (1923)
• Packer Corp. v. Utah · 285 U.S. 105 (1932)

Cited by

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• Regan v. Taxation With Representation of Washington · 461 U.S. 540 (1983)
• Leathers v. Medlock · 499 U.S. 439 (1991)
• Rust v. Sullivan · 500 U.S. 173 (1991)
• Matal v. Tam · 582 U.S. 218 (2017)
• 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)
• Washington v. Davis · 426 U.S. 229 (1976)
• Sherbert v. Verner · 374 U.S. 398 (1963)
• Rosenberger v. Rector & Visitors of University of Virginia · 515 U.S. 819 (1995)
• City of Lakewood v. Plain Dealer Publishing Co. · 486 U.S. 750 (1988)
• Spence v. Washington · 418 U.S. 405 (1974)
• Bigelow v. Virginia · 421 U.S. 809 (1975)
• International Ass'n of MacHinists v. Street · 367 U.S. 740 (1961)
• Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations · 413 U.S. 376 (1973)
• Commissioner v. Tellier · 383 U.S. 687 (1966)
• National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley · 524 U.S. 569 (1998)
• Federal Communications Commission v. League of Women Voters of California · 468 U.S. 364 (1984)
• Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland · 481 U.S. 221 (1987)
• Rowan Cos. v. United States · 452 U.S. 247 (1981)
• American Automobile Assn. v. United States · 367 U.S. 687 (1961)
• Otte v. United States · 419 U.S. 43 (1974)
• Fribourg Navigation Co. v. Commissioner · 383 U.S. 272 (1966)
• TI ME Inc. v. United States · 359 U.S. 464 (1959)
• Chemehuevi Tribe of Indians v. Federal Power Commission · 420 U.S. 395 (1975)

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