City of Greenwood v. Peacock et al.

Decided June 20, 1966. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 471 · 384 U.S. 808 (1966) · Cited 951 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• Virginia v. Rives · 100 U.S. 313 (1880)
• Hamm v. City of Rock Hill · 379 U.S. 306 (1964)
• Strauder v. West Virginia · 100 U.S. 303 (1880)
• Kentucky v. Powers · 201 U.S. 1 (1906)
• Tennessee v. Davis · 100 U.S. 257 (1880)
• Dombrowski v. Pfister · 380 U.S. 479 (1965)
• England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners · 375 U.S. 411 (1964)
• United States v. Price · 383 U.S. 787 (1966)
• Edwards v. South Carolina · 372 U.S. 229 (1963)
• United States v. Guest · 383 U.S. 745 (1966)
• Neal v. Delaware · 103 U.S. 370 (1881)
• Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham · 382 U.S. 87 (1965)
• Mayor v. Cooper · 73 U.S. 247 (1868)
• Bush v. Kentucky · 107 U.S. 110 (1883)
• Monroe v. Pape · 365 U.S. 167 (1961)
• Townsend v. Sain · 372 U.S. 293 (1963)
• Fay v. Noia · 372 U.S. 391 (1963)
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356 (1886)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• Haguer v. Committee for Industrial Organization · 307 U.S. 496 (1939)
• Cox v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 536 (1965)
• Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co. · 358 U.S. 354 (1959)
• Thompson v. City of Louisville · 362 U.S. 199 (1960)
• Fourco Glass Co. v. Transmirra Products Corp. · 353 U.S. 222 (1957)
• Niemotko v. Maryland · 340 U.S. 268 (1951)
• Madruga v. Superior Court of Cal., County of San Diego · 346 U.S. 556 (1954)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Johnson v. Mississippi · 421 U.S. 213 (1975)
• Maine v. Thiboutot · 448 U.S. 1 (1980)
• Chapman v. Houston Welfare Rights Organization · 441 U.S. 600 (1979)
• Cameron v. Johnson · 390 U.S. 611 (1968)
• Wainwright v. Sykes · 433 U.S. 72 (1977)
• O'Shea v. Littleton · 414 U.S. 488 (1974)
• Thermtron Products, Inc. v. Hermansdorfer · 423 U.S. 336 (1976)
• Watson v. Philip Morris Companies, Inc. · 551 U.S. 142 (2007)
• Paul v. Davis · 424 U.S. 693 (1976)
• Pierson v. Ray · 386 U.S. 547 (1967)
• Boys Markets, Inc. v. Retail Clerks Union, Local 770 · 398 U.S. 235 (1970)
• Oestereich v. Selective Service System Local Board No. 11 · 393 U.S. 233 (1968)
• Carter v. Jury Comm'n of Greene Cty. · 396 U.S. 320 (1970)

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