County Court of Ulster County, New York, et al. v. Allen et al.

Decided June 4, 1979. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 77-1554 · 442 U.S. 140 (1979) · Cited 1,990 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.

• Leary v. United States · 395 U.S. 6 (1969)
• United States v. Romano · 382 U.S. 136 (1965)
• Tot v. United States · 319 U.S. 463 (1943)
• Barnes v. United States · 412 U.S. 837 (1973)
• United States v. Gainey · 380 U.S. 63 (1965)
• Fay v. Noia · 372 U.S. 391 (1963)
• Turner v. United States · 396 U.S. 398 (1970)
• Wainwright v. Sykes · 433 U.S. 72 (1977)
• Mullaney v. Wilbur · 421 U.S. 684 (1975)
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma · 413 U.S. 601 (1973)
• In Re WINSHIP · 397 U.S. 358 (1970)
• Franks v. Delaware · 438 U.S. 154 (1978)
• Burks v. United States · 437 U.S. 1 (1978)
• Roviaro v. United States · 353 U.S. 53 (1957)
• Bishop v. Wood · 426 U.S. 341 (1976)
• Dombrowski v. Pfister · 380 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Gooding v. Wilson · 405 U.S. 518 (1972)
• Bollenbach v. United States · 326 U.S. 607 (1946)
• United States v. Mauro · 436 U.S. 340 (1978)
• New York City Transit Authority v. Beazer · 440 U.S. 568 (1979)
• Street v. New York · 394 U.S. 576 (1969)
• Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad v. Turnipseed · 219 U.S. 35 (1910)
• Huddleston v. Dwyer · 322 U.S. 232 (1944)

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• Virginia v. Black · 538 U.S. 343 (2003)
• United States v. Gaudin · 515 U.S. 506 (1995)
• Francis v. Franklin · 471 U.S. 307 (1985)
• Rose v. Clark · 478 U.S. 570 (1986)
• Coleman v. Thompson · 501 U.S. 722 (1991)
• Wainwright v. Witt · 469 U.S. 412 (1985)
• Caldwell v. Mississippi · 472 U.S. 320 (1985)
• Connecticut v. Johnson · 460 U.S. 73 (1983)
• Thomas v. Arn · 474 U.S. 140 (1985)
• Estelle v. McGuire · 502 U.S. 62 (1991)
• United States v. Frady · 456 U.S. 152 (1982)
• Baker v. McCollan · 443 U.S. 137 (1979)
• Engle v. Isaac · 456 U.S. 107 (1982)
• Old Chief v. United States · 519 U.S. 172 (1997)
• City of Los Angeles v. Heller · 475 U.S. 796 (1986)
• Anderson v. Harless · 459 U.S. 4 (1982)
• Lambrix v. Singletary · 520 U.S. 518 (1997)
• Yates v. Evatt · 500 U.S. 391 (1991)
• Hicks Ex Rel. Feiock v. Feiock · 485 U.S. 624 (1988)
• Clements v. Fashing · 457 U.S. 957 (1982)
• Wainwright v. Greenfield · 474 U.S. 284 (1986)
• Aetna Life Insurance v. Lavoie · 475 U.S. 813 (1986)
• Minnesota State Board for Community Colleges v. Knight · 465 U.S. 271 (1984)
• Columbus Board of Education v. Penick · 443 U.S. 449 (1979)
• Mullins Coal Co. of Va. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs · 484 U.S. 135 (1987)
• Pittston Coal Group v. Sebben · 488 U.S. 105 (1988)
• Randall v. Sorrell · 548 U.S. 230 (2006)
• Xiulu Ruan v. United States · 597 U.S. 450 (2022)

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