Carroll et al. v. President and Commissioners of Princess Anne et al.

Decided November 19, 1968. Abe Fortas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 6 · 393 U.S. 175 (1968) · Cited 596 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.

• Freedman v. Maryland · 380 U.S. 51 (1965)
• A Quantity of Copies of Books v. Kansas · 378 U.S. 205 (1964)
• Marcus v. Search Warrant of Property · 367 U.S. 717 (1961)
• Walker v. City of Birmingham · 388 U.S. 307 (1967)
• Kingsley Books, Inc. v. Brown · 354 U.S. 436 (1957)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire · 315 U.S. 568 (1942)
• Shelton v. Tucker · 364 U.S. 479 (1960)
• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444 (1938)
• Bantam Books, Inc. v. Sullivan · 372 U.S. 58 (1963)
• Milk Wagon Drivers Union, Local 753 v. Meadowmoor Dairies, Inc. · 312 U.S. 287 (1941)
• U. S. Industrial Chemicals, Inc. v. Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Corp. · 315 U.S. 668 (1942)

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• Madsen v. Women's Health Center, Inc. · 512 U.S. 753 (1994)
• Nebraska Press Assn. v. Stuart · 427 U.S. 539 (1976)
• Davis v. Ayala · 576 U.S. 257 (2015)
• Kaley v. United States · 571 U.S. 320 (2014)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Co. · 458 U.S. 886 (1982)
• Zurcher v. Stanford Daily · 436 U.S. 547 (1978)
• Heller v. New York · 413 U.S. 483 (1973)
• Brown v. Glines · 444 U.S. 348 (1980)
• Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · 408 U.S. 564 (1972)
• Roe v. Wade · 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• Elrod v. Burns · 427 U.S. 347 (1976)
• Powell v. McCormack · 395 U.S. 486 (1969)
• Granny Goose Foods, Inc. v. Brotherhood of Teamsters & Auto Truck Drivers, Local No. 70 · 415 U.S. 423 (1974)
• Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham · 394 U.S. 147 (1969)
• Southeastern Promotions, Ltd. v. Conrad · 420 U.S. 546 (1975)
• McGautha v. California · 402 U.S. 183 (1971)
• Organization for a Better Austin v. Keefe · 402 U.S. 415 (1971)
• Firefighters Local Union No. 1784 v. Stotts · 467 U.S. 561 (1984)
• Frank v. United States · 395 U.S. 147 (1969)
• Vance v. Universal Amusement Co. · 445 U.S. 308 (1980)
• Morse v. Republican Party of Virginia · 517 U.S. 186 (1996)

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