Cox v. Louisiana

Decided January 18, 1965. Arthur Joseph Goldberg delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 49 · 379 U.S. 559 (1965) · Cited 938 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• Raley v. Ohio · 360 U.S. 423 (1959)
• Edwards v. South Carolina · 372 U.S. 229 (1963)
• Giboney v. Empire Storage & Ice Co. · 336 U.S. 490 (1949)
• Bridges v. California · 314 U.S. 252 (1941)
• Thompson v. City of Louisville · 362 U.S. 199 (1960)
• Feiner v. New York · 340 U.S. 315 (1951)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington) · 308 U.S. 147 (1939)
• United States v. National Dairy Products Corp. · 372 U.S. 29 (1963)
• Pennekamp v. Florida · 328 U.S. 331 (1946)
• Hughes v. Superior Court of Cal. for Contra Costa Cty. · 339 U.S. 460 (1950)
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356 (1886)
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire · 315 U.S. 568 (1942)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88 (1940)
• United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 150 (1940)
• Screws v. United States · 325 U.S. 91 (1945)
• Lanzetta v. New Jersey · 306 U.S. 451 (1939)
• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444 (1938)
• Winters v. New York · 333 U.S. 507 (1948)
• Rideau v. Louisiana · 373 U.S. 723 (1963)
• Schenck v. United States · 249 U.S. 47 (1919)
• Cox v. New Hampshire · 312 U.S. 569 (1941)
• United States v. Philadelphia National Bank · 374 U.S. 321 (1963)
• Grosjean v. American Press Co. · 297 U.S. 233 (1936)
• Shaughnessy v. United States Ex Rel. Mezei · 345 U.S. 206 (1953)
• Martin v. City of Struthers · 319 U.S. 141 (1943)
• Cole v. Arkansas · 333 U.S. 196 (1948)
• Wood v. Georgia · 370 U.S. 375 (1962)

Cited by

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

• Estes v. Texas · 381 U.S. 532 (1965)
• Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104 (1972)
• Carey v. Brown · 447 U.S. 455 (1980)
• Cameron v. Johnson · 390 U.S. 611 (1968)
• Amalgamated Food Employees Union Local 590 v. Logan Valley Plaza, Inc. · 391 U.S. 308 (1968)
• Brown v. Louisiana · 383 U.S. 131 (1966)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Carey v. Musladin · 549 U.S. 70 (2006)
• Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Police Dept. of Chicago v. Mosley · 408 U.S. 92 (1972)
• Brandenburg v. Ohio · 395 U.S. 444 (1969)
• Coates v. City of Cincinnati · 402 U.S. 611 (1971)
• United States v. Grace · 461 U.S. 171 (1983)
• Greer v. Spock · 424 U.S. 828 (1976)
• Lehman v. City of Shaker Heights · 418 U.S. 298 (1974)
• Sheppard v. Maxwell · 384 U.S. 333 (1966)
• Branzburg v. Hayes · 408 U.S. 665 (1972)
• Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent · 466 U.S. 789 (1984)
• FW/PBS, Inc. v. City of Dallas · 493 U.S. 215 (1990)
• Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia · 448 U.S. 555 (1980)
• Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc. · 427 U.S. 50 (1976)
• Hill v. Colorado · 530 U.S. 703 (2000)
• Epperson v. Arkansas · 393 U.S. 97 (1968)
• Erznoznik v. City of Jacksonville · 422 U.S. 205 (1975)
• Boos v. Barry · 485 U.S. 312 (1988)
• United States v. Caceres · 440 U.S. 741 (1979)
• California v. LaRue · 409 U.S. 109 (1972)
• Edgar v. Mite Corp. · 457 U.S. 624 (1982)
• Allee v. Medrano · 416 U.S. 802 (1974)
• Republican Party of Minnesota v. White · 536 U.S. 765 (2002)

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