Dennis et al. v. United States

Decided June 20, 1966. Abe Fortas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 502 · 384 U.S. 855 (1966) · Cited 1,055 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

“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.

• United States v. Brown · 381 U.S. 437 (1965)
• American Communications Assn. v. Douds · 339 U.S. 382 (1950)
• Bridges v. United States · 346 U.S. 209 (1953)
• Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. v. United States · 360 U.S. 395 (1959)
• United States v. Procter & Gamble Co. · 356 U.S. 677 (1958)
• United States v. Johnson · 383 U.S. 169 (1966)
• Glasser v. United States · 315 U.S. 60 (1942)
• Kay v. United States · 303 U.S. 1 (1938)
• Jencks v. United States · 353 U.S. 657 (1957)
• Hammerschmidt v. United States · 265 U.S. 182 (1924)
• United States v. Williams · 341 U.S. 58 (1951)
• United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 150 (1940)
• Alford v. United States · 282 U.S. 687 (1931)
• Krulewitch v. United States · 336 U.S. 440 (1949)
• Lutwak v. United States · 344 U.S. 604 (1953)
• Grunewald v. United States · 353 U.S. 391 (1957)
• Aptheker v. Secretary of State · 378 U.S. 500 (1964)
• Fiswick v. United States · 329 U.S. 211 (1946)
• Cicenia v. Lagay · 357 U.S. 504 (1958)
• Rosenberg v. United States · 360 U.S. 367 (1959)
• Brown v. Elliott · 225 U.S. 392 (1912)

Cited by

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

• Bryson v. United States · 396 U.S. 64 (1969)
• Douglas Oil Co. of Cal. v. Petrol Stops Northwest · 441 U.S. 211 (1979)
• United States v. Salerno · 505 U.S. 317 (1992)
• United States v. Knox · 396 U.S. 77 (1969)
• Alderman v. United States · 394 U.S. 165 (1969)
• United States v. Sells Engineering, Inc. · 463 U.S. 418 (1983)
• Harris v. New York · 401 U.S. 222 (1971)
• Pennsylvania v. Ritchie · 480 U.S. 39 (1987)
• McCray v. Illinois · 386 U.S. 300 (1967)
• United States v. Mechanik · 475 U.S. 66 (1986)
• Nix v. Whiteside · 475 U.S. 157 (1986)
• Tanner v. United States · 483 U.S. 107 (1987)
• Britt v. North Carolina · 404 U.S. 226 (1971)
• Clewis v. Texas · 386 U.S. 707 (1967)
• United States v. Mandujano · 425 U.S. 564 (1976)
• United States v. Mara · 410 U.S. 19 (1973)
• LaChance v. Erickson · 522 U.S. 262 (1998)
• ABF Freight System, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 510 U.S. 317 (1994)
• Kousisis v. United States · 605 U.S. 114 (2025)

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