Cramp v. Board of Public Instruction of Orange County

Decided December 11, 1961. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 72 · 368 U.S. 278 (1961) · Cited 433 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Winters v. New York · 333 U.S. 507 (1948)
• Wieman v. Updegraff · 344 U.S. 183 (1952)
• Adler v. Board of Ed. of City of New York · 342 U.S. 485 (1952)
• Connally v. General Construction Co. · 269 U.S. 385 (1926)
• Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88 (1940)
• Stromberg v. California · 283 U.S. 359 (1931)
• Lanzetta v. New Jersey · 306 U.S. 451 (1939)
• Smith v. California · 361 U.S. 147 (1959)
• Barenblatt v. United States · 360 U.S. 109 (1959)
• Herndon v. Lowry · 301 U.S. 242 (1937)
• Massachusetts v. Mellon · 262 U.S. 447 (1923)
• United Public Workers of America v. Mitchell · 330 U.S. 75 (1947)
• Slochower v. Board of Higher Ed. of New York City · 350 U.S. 551 (1956)
• Torcaso v. Watkins · 367 U.S. 488 (1961)
• Champlin Rfg. Co. v. Corporation Commission of Oklahoma · 286 U.S. 210 (1932)
• Doremus v. Board of Ed. of Hawthorne · 342 U.S. 429 (1952)
• Staub v. City of Baxley · 355 U.S. 313 (1958)
• Smith v. Cahoon · 283 U.S. 553 (1931)
• Kingsley International Pictures Corp. v. Regents of the University · 360 U.S. 684 (1959)
• Tileston v. Ullman · 318 U.S. 44 (1943)
• Garner v. Board of Public Works of Los Angeles · 341 U.S. 716 (1951)
• Cline v. Frink Dairy Co. · 274 U.S. 445 (1927)
• Jones v. Opelika · 316 U.S. 584 (1942)
• Fox Film Corp. v. Muller · 296 U.S. 207 (1935)
• United States v. Cardiff · 344 U.S. 174 (1952)
• Jones v. Opelika · 319 U.S. 103 (1943)
• Albertson v. Millard, Attorney General · 345 U.S. 242 (1953)
• Aero Mayflower Transit Co. v. Board of Railroad Commissioners · 332 U.S. 495 (1947)

Cited by

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

• Baggett v. Bullitt · 377 U.S. 360 (1964)
• Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NY · 385 U.S. 589 (1967)
• Socialist Labor Party v. Gilligan · 406 U.S. 583 (1972)
• Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104 (1972)
• Elfbrandt v. Russell · 384 U.S. 11 (1966)
• Law Students Civil Rights Research Council, Inc. v. Wadmond · 401 U.S. 154 (1971)
• Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. Myers · 461 U.S. 138 (1983)
• Perry v. Sindermann · 408 U.S. 593 (1972)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Flast v. Cohen · 392 U.S. 83 (1968)
• Branzburg v. Hayes · 408 U.S. 665 (1972)
• Arnett v. Kennedy · 416 U.S. 134 (1974)
• Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois · 497 U.S. 62 (1990)
• Epperson v. Arkansas · 393 U.S. 97 (1968)
• Zauderer v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of Ohio · 471 U.S. 626 (1985)
• Pope v. Illinois · 481 U.S. 497 (1987)
• Walker v. City of Birmingham · 388 U.S. 307 (1967)
• United States v. Robel · 389 U.S. 258 (1967)
• Ashton v. Kentucky · 384 U.S. 195 (1966)
• Princeton University v. Schmid · 455 U.S. 100 (1982)

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