Day-Brite Lighting, Inc. v. Missouri

Decided March 3, 1952. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 317 · 342 U.S. 421 (1952) · Cited 333 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

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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.

• Adkins v. Children's Hospital of Columbia · 261 U.S. 525 (1923)
• West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish · 300 U.S. 379 (1937)
• California State Automobile Ass'n Inter-Insurance Bureau v. Maloney · 341 U.S. 105 (1951)
• Nebbia v. New York · 291 U.S. 502 (1934)
• Lochner v. New York · 198 U.S. 45 (1905)
• Tot v. United States · 319 U.S. 463 (1943)
• Noble State Bank v. Haskell · 219 U.S. 104 (1911)
• Coppage v. Kansas · 236 U.S. 1 (1915)
• Lincoln Federal Labor Union v. Northwestern Iron & Metal Co. · 335 U.S. 525 (1949)
• Olsen v. Nebraska Ex Rel. Western Reference & Bond Assn., Inc. · 313 U.S. 236 (1941)
• American Federation of Labor v. American Sash & Door Co. · 335 U.S. 538 (1949)
• Queenside Hills Realty Co. v. Saxl · 328 U.S. 80 (1946)

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• Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. · 449 U.S. 456 (1981)
• Obergefell v. Hodges · 576 U.S. 644 (2015)
• Nollan v. California Coastal Commission · 483 U.S. 825 (1987)
• Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. · 348 U.S. 483 (1955)
• City of New Orleans v. Dukes · 427 U.S. 297 (1976)
• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Massachusetts · 471 U.S. 724 (1985)
• Ruckelshaus v. Monsanto Co. · 467 U.S. 986 (1984)
• Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton · 413 U.S. 49 (1973)
• England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners · 375 U.S. 411 (1964)
• Berman v. Parker · 348 U.S. 26 (1954)
• Ferguson v. Skrupa · 372 U.S. 726 (1963)
• Air Line Pilots Ass'n v. O'Neill · 499 U.S. 65 (1991)
• Kelley v. Johnson · 425 U.S. 238 (1976)
• Beauharnais v. Illinois · 343 U.S. 250 (1952)
• Bibb v. Navajo Freight Lines, Inc. · 359 U.S. 520 (1959)
• Sailors v. Board of Ed. of Kent Cty. · 387 U.S. 105 (1967)
• Harrah Independent School District v. Martin · 440 U.S. 194 (1979)
• North Dakota State Board of Pharmacy v. Snyder's Drug Stores, Inc. · 414 U.S. 156 (1973)
• United States v. Skrmetti · 605 U.S. 495 (2025)

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