Cipriano v. City of Houma et al.

Decided June 16, 1969. The Court ruled per curiam — an unsigned opinion of the Court.

Docket 705 · 395 U.S. 701 (1969) · Cited 709 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

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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.

• Reynolds v. Sims · 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
• Linkletter v. Walker · 381 U.S. 618 (1965)
• Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections · 383 U.S. 663 (1966)
• Chicot County Drainage District v. Baxter State Bank · 308 U.S. 371 (1940)
• Great Northern Railway Co. v. Sunburst Oil & Refining Co. · 287 U.S. 358 (1932)
• Carrington v. Rash · 380 U.S. 89 (1965)
• Avery v. Midland County · 390 U.S. 474 (1968)
• Kotch v. Board of River Port Pilot Comm'rs for Port of New Orleans · 330 U.S. 552 (1947)

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• City of Phoenix v. Kolodziejski · 399 U.S. 204 (1970)
• American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Smith · 496 U.S. 167 (1990)
• Ball v. James · 451 U.S. 355 (1981)
• Oregon v. Mitchell · 400 U.S. 112 (1970)
• Dunn v. Blumstein · 405 U.S. 330 (1972)
• Salyer Land Co. v. Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District · 410 U.S. 719 (1973)
• Hill v. Stone · 421 U.S. 289 (1975)
• Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson · 404 U.S. 97 (1971)
• Harper v. Virginia Department of Taxation · 509 U.S. 86 (1993)
• Rosario v. Rockefeller · 410 U.S. 752 (1973)
• Richardson v. Ramirez · 418 U.S. 24 (1974)
• Holt Civic Club v. City of Tuscaloosa · 439 U.S. 60 (1978)
• Gordon v. Lance · 403 U.S. 1 (1971)
• Town of Lockport v. Citizens for Community Action at the Local Level, Inc. · 430 U.S. 259 (1977)
• James B. Beam Distilling Co. v. Georgia · 501 U.S. 529 (1991)
• Turner v. Fouche · 396 U.S. 346 (1970)
• Lemon v. Kurtzman · 411 U.S. 192 (1973)
• Evans v. Cornman · 398 U.S. 419 (1970)
• United States v. Estate of Donnelly · 397 U.S. 286 (1970)
• Anderson v. Celebrezze · 460 U.S. 780 (1983)
• Bullock v. Carter · 405 U.S. 134 (1972)
• United States v. Johnson · 457 U.S. 537 (1982)
• Milton v. Wainwright · 407 U.S. 371 (1972)
• Memorial Hospital v. Maricopa County · 415 U.S. 250 (1974)
• Kusper v. Pontikes · 414 U.S. 51 (1973)
• United States v. United States Coin & Currency · 401 U.S. 715 (1971)
• Lubin v. Panish · 415 U.S. 709 (1974)
• Hadley v. Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City · 397 U.S. 50 (1970)
• Ryder v. United States · 515 U.S. 177 (1995)
• O'Brien v. Skinner · 414 U.S. 524 (1974)

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