Cohen v. Hurley

Decided April 24, 1961. John Marshall Harlan delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 84 · 366 U.S. 117 (1961) · Cited 176 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.

• Twining v. New Jersey · 211 U.S. 78 (1908)
• Adamson v. California · 332 U.S. 46 (1947)
• Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal. · 353 U.S. 252 (1957)
• Slochower v. Board of Higher Ed. of New York City · 350 U.S. 551 (1956)
• Palko v. Connecticut · 302 U.S. 319 (1937)
• Barron Ex Rel. Tiernan v. Mayor of Baltimore · 32 U.S. 243 (1833)
• Barsky v. Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York · 347 U.S. 442 (1954)
• Knapp v. Schweitzer · 357 U.S. 371 (1958)
• Boyd v. United States · 116 U.S. 616 (1886)
• Griffin v. Illinois · 351 U.S. 12 (1956)
• Snyder v. Massachusetts · 291 U.S. 97 (1934)
• Grunewald v. United States · 353 U.S. 391 (1957)
• Bridges v. California · 314 U.S. 252 (1941)
• Chambers v. Florida · 309 U.S. 227 (1940)
• Sacher v. United States · 343 U.S. 1 (1952)
• Powell v. Alabama · 287 U.S. 45 (1932)
• Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• Rochin v. California · 342 U.S. 165 (1952)
• Roth v. United States · 354 U.S. 476 (1957)
• Elkins v. United States · 364 U.S. 206 (1960)
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette · 319 U.S. 624 (1943)
• Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. Olson · 283 U.S. 697 (1931)
• Wolf v. Colorado · 338 U.S. 25 (1949)
• Rogers v. Richmond · 365 U.S. 534 (1961)
• Bram v. United States · 168 U.S. 532 (1897)
• Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NM · 353 U.S. 232 (1957)
• Smith v. California · 361 U.S. 147 (1959)
• Dennis v. United States · 341 U.S. 494 (1951)
• Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Chicago · 166 U.S. 226 (1897)

Cited by

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

• Spevack v. Klein · 385 U.S. 511 (1967)
• Lathrop v. Donohue · 367 U.S. 820 (1961)
• Malloy v. Hogan · 378 U.S. 1 (1964)
• Maracich v. Spears · 570 U.S. 48 (2013)
• Pointer v. Texas · 380 U.S. 400 (1965)
• Bates v. State Bar of Arizona · 433 U.S. 350 (1977)
• Ohralik v. Ohio State Bar Assn. · 436 U.S. 447 (1978)
• Law Students Civil Rights Research Council, Inc. v. Wadmond · 401 U.S. 154 (1971)
• Mapp v. Ohio · 367 U.S. 643 (1961)
• Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. · 425 U.S. 748 (1976)
• Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar · 421 U.S. 773 (1975)
• Business Guides, Inc. v. Chromatic Communications Enterprises, Inc. · 498 U.S. 533 (1991)
• Tehan v. United States Ex Rel. Shott · 382 U.S. 406 (1966)
• Gentile v. State Bar of Nev. · 501 U.S. 1030 (1991)
• Scales v. United States · 367 U.S. 203 (1961)
• Florida Bar v. Went for It, Inc. · 515 U.S. 618 (1995)
• Lakeside v. Oregon · 435 U.S. 333 (1978)

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