Dionisio Hernandez v. New York

Decided May 28, 1991. Anthony McLeod Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 89-7645 · 500 U.S. 352 (1991) · Cited 4,168 times

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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.

• Batson v. Kentucky · 476 U.S. 79 (1986)
• Norris v. Alabama · 294 U.S. 587 (1935)
• Washington v. Davis · 426 U.S. 229 (1976)
• Miller v. Fenton · 474 U.S. 104 (1985)
• Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · 470 U.S. 564 (1985)
• Whitus v. Georgia · 385 U.S. 545 (1967)
• Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · 429 U.S. 252 (1977)
• Akins v. Texas · 325 U.S. 398 (1945)
• Pierre v. Louisiana · 306 U.S. 354 (1939)
• City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc. · 473 U.S. 432 (1985)
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356 (1886)
• Meyer v. Nebraska · 262 U.S. 390 (1923)
• Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. Feeney · 442 U.S. 256 (1979)
• Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc. · 466 U.S. 485 (1984)
• McCleskey v. Kemp · 481 U.S. 279 (1987)
• Gomillion v. Lightfoot · 364 U.S. 339 (1960)
• Smith v. Texas · 311 U.S. 128 (1941)
• Malinski v. New York · 324 U.S. 401 (1945)
• Dayton Board of Education v. Brinkman · 443 U.S. 526 (1979)
• Patton v. Mississippi · 332 U.S. 463 (1947)
• United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · 333 U.S. 364 (1948)
• Wainwright v. Witt · 469 U.S. 412 (1985)
• Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody · 422 U.S. 405 (1975)
• Powers v. Ohio · 499 U.S. 400 (1991)
• United States Postal Service Board of Governors v. Aikens · 460 U.S. 711 (1983)
• Pullman-Standard v. Swint · 456 U.S. 273 (1982)
• Patton v. Yount · 467 U.S. 1025 (1984)
• Lisenba v. California · 314 U.S. 219 (1942)
• Bantam Books, Inc. v. Sullivan · 372 U.S. 58 (1963)
• City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co. · 488 U.S. 469 (1989)

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• Snyder v. Louisiana · 552 U.S. 472 (2008)
• Foster v. Chatman · 578 U.S. 488 (2016)
• Purkett v. Elem · 514 U.S. 765 (1995)
• Miller-El v. Cockrell · 537 U.S. 322 (2003)
• Davis v. Ayala · 576 U.S. 257 (2015)
• Miller-El v. Dretke · 545 U.S. 231 (2005)
• JEB v. Alabama Ex Rel. TB · 511 U.S. 127 (1994)
• Baze v. Rees · 553 U.S. 35 (2008)
• U. S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton · 514 U.S. 779 (1995)
• Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado · 580 U.S. 206 (2017)
• Cooper v. Harris · 581 U.S. 285 (2017)
• Kansas v. Hendricks · 521 U.S. 346 (1997)
• Hunt v. Cromartie · 526 U.S. 541 (1999)
• Rice v. Collins · 546 U.S. 333 (2006)
• Waters v. Churchill · 511 U.S. 661 (1994)
• Johnson v. California · 545 U.S. 162 (2005)
• United States v. Martinez-Salazar · 528 U.S. 304 (2000)

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