Campbell et al. v. United States
Decided January 23, 1961. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 53 · 365 U.S. 85 (1961) · Cited 325 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 5
- William Joseph Brennan Jr. · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Earl Warren
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- Potter Stewart
- William Orville Douglas
Dissenting · 4
- Charles Evans Whittaker
- Felix Frankfurter · filed a dissenting opinion
- John Marshall Harlan
- Tom C. Clark
“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.
- Palermo v. United States · 360 U.S. 343 (1959)
- Jencks v. United States · 353 U.S. 657 (1957)
- Berger v. United States · 295 U.S. 78 (1935)
- United States v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad · 355 U.S. 253 (1957)
- United States v. Shotwell Manufacturing Co. · 355 U.S. 233 (1957)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Goldberg v. United States · 425 U.S. 94 (1976)
- Campbell v. United States · 373 U.S. 487 (1963)
- Henry v. Mississippi · 379 U.S. 443 (1965)
- Gravel v. United States · 408 U.S. 606 (1972)
- Ponte v. Real · 471 U.S. 491 (1985)
- Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation v. Environmental Protection Agency · 540 U.S. 461 (2004)
- Communist Party of United States v. Subversive Activities Control Bd. · 367 U.S. 1 (1961)
- Killian v. United States · 368 U.S. 231 (1961)
- Toll v. Moreno · 458 U.S. 1 (1982)
- United States v. Fior D'Italia, Inc. · 536 U.S. 238 (2002)
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