Ciucci v. Illinois
Decided May 19, 1958. The Court ruled per curiam — an unsigned opinion of the Court.
Docket 157 · 356 U.S. 571 (1958) · Cited 136 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 5
Dissenting · 4
- Earl Warren
- Hugo Lafayette Black · filed a dissenting opinion
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
- William Orville Douglas · filed a dissenting opinion
“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.
- Palko v. Connecticut · 302 U.S. 319 (1937)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Heath v. Alabama · 474 U.S. 82 (1985)
- North Carolina v. Pearce · 395 U.S. 711 (1969)
- Ashe v. Swenson · 397 U.S. 436 (1970)
- Bumper v. North Carolina · 391 U.S. 543 (1968)
- United States v. Ewell · 383 U.S. 116 (1966)
- Bartkus v. Illinois · 359 U.S. 121 (1959)
- Gore v. United States · 357 U.S. 386 (1958)
- Abbate v. United States · 359 U.S. 187 (1959)
- Harris v. Washington · 404 U.S. 55 (1971)
- Piemonte v. United States · 367 U.S. 556 (1961)
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