Doremus et al. v. Board of Education of the Borough of Hawthorne et al.

Decided March 3, 1952. Robert Houghwout Jackson delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 9 · 342 U.S. 429 (1952) · Cited 512 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“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.

• Massachusetts v. Mellon · 262 U.S. 447 (1923)
• Everson v. Board of Ed. of Ewing · 330 U.S. 1 (1947)
• Illinois Ex Rel. McCollum v. Board of Ed. of School Dist. No. 71, Champaign Cty. · 333 U.S. 203 (1948)
• Alabama Power Co. v. Ickes · 302 U.S. 464 (1938)
• United States v. Alaska Steamship Co. · 253 U.S. 113 (1920)
• Crampton v. Zabriskie · 101 U.S. 601 (1880)

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• Asarco Inc. v. Kadish · 490 U.S. 605 (1989)
• DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Cuno · 547 U.S. 332 (2006)
• Orr v. Orr · 440 U.S. 268 (1979)
• Public Affairs Associates, Inc. v. Rickover · 369 U.S. 111 (1962)
• New Jersey v. Portash · 440 U.S. 450 (1979)
• Flast v. Cohen · 392 U.S. 83 (1968)
• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · 504 U.S. 555 (1992)
• McGowan v. Maryland · 366 U.S. 420 (1961)
• Whitmore Ex Rel. Simmons v. Arkansas · 495 U.S. 149 (1990)
• Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlon · 473 U.S. 234 (1985)
• Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts · 472 U.S. 797 (1985)
• City of Revere v. Massachusetts General Hospital · 463 U.S. 239 (1983)
• Schlesinger v. Reservists Committee to Stop the War · 418 U.S. 208 (1974)
• Poe v. Ullman · 367 U.S. 497 (1961)
• Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis · 407 U.S. 163 (1972)
• Secretary of State of Md. v. Joseph H. Munson Co. · 467 U.S. 947 (1984)
• Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15 · 395 U.S. 621 (1969)
• Barrows v. Jackson · 346 U.S. 249 (1953)
• Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow · 542 U.S. 1 (2004)
• Zorach v. Clauson · 343 U.S. 306 (1952)
• Walker v. City of Hutchinson · 352 U.S. 112 (1956)
• Cramp v. Board of Public Instruction of Orange Cty. · 368 U.S. 278 (1961)
• Adler v. Board of Ed. of City of New York · 342 U.S. 485 (1952)
• Burns v. Ohio · 360 U.S. 252 (1959)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Medical Committee for Human Rights · 404 U.S. 403 (1972)
• Evers v. Dwyer · 358 U.S. 202 (1958)
• Socialist Labor Party v. Gilligan · 406 U.S. 583 (1972)

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