Dwight J. Loving v. United States

Decided June 3, 1996. Anthony McLeod Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 94-1966 · 517 U.S. 748 (1996) · Cited 415 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.

• Solorio v. United States · 483 U.S. 435 (1987)
• Furman v. Georgia · 408 U.S. 238 (1972)
• Reid v. Covert · 354 U.S. 1 (1957)
• Lowenfield v. Phelps · 484 U.S. 231 (1988)
• Mistretta v. United States · 488 U.S. 361 (1989)
• Parker v. Levy · 417 U.S. 733 (1974)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
• A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States · 295 U.S. 495 (1935)
• Chappell v. Wallace · 462 U.S. 296 (1983)
• Rostker v. Goldberg · 453 U.S. 57 (1981)
• Touby v. United States · 500 U.S. 160 (1991)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc. · 447 U.S. 102 (1980)
• Zant v. Stephens · 462 U.S. 862 (1983)
• Enmund v. Florida · 458 U.S. 782 (1982)
• Trop v. Dulles · 356 U.S. 86 (1958)
• Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission · 395 U.S. 367 (1969)
• Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer · 343 U.S. 579 (1952)
• Nixon v. Administrator of General Services · 433 U.S. 425 (1977)
• Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan · 293 U.S. 388 (1935)
• United States v. Mazurie · 419 U.S. 544 (1975)
• Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc. · 514 U.S. 211 (1995)
• Orloff v. Willoughby · 345 U.S. 83 (1953)
• J. W. Hampton, Jr., & Co. v. United States · 276 U.S. 394 (1928)
• Bowsher v. Synar · 478 U.S. 714 (1986)
• United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. · 299 U.S. 304 (1936)
• National Broadcasting Co. v. United States · 319 U.S. 190 (1943)
• Burns v. Wilson · 346 U.S. 137 (1953)
• United States v. Grimaud · 220 U.S. 506 (1911)
• O'Callahan v. Parker · 395 U.S. 258 (1969)

Cited by

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• Gundy v. United States · 588 U.S. 128 (2019)
• Whitman v. American Trucking Assns., Inc. · 531 U.S. 457 (2001)
• Ziglar v. Abbasi · 582 U.S. 120 (2017)
• Department of Transportation v. Association of American Railroads · 575 U.S. 43 (2015)
• Ortiz v. United States · 585 U.S. 427 (2018)
• FCC v. Consumers' Research · 606 U.S. 656 (2025)
• Clinton v. Jones · 520 U.S. 681 (1997)
• Wellness Int'l Network, Ltd. v. Sharif · 575 U.S. 665 (2015)
• Hamdan v. Rumsfeld · 548 U.S. 557 (2006)
• Cheney v. United States District Court for District of Columbia · 542 U.S. 367 (2004)
• Boumediene v. Bush · 553 U.S. 723 (2008)
• Miller v. French · 530 U.S. 327 (2000)
• United States v. Denedo · 556 U.S. 904 (2009)
• Reynolds v. United States · 565 U.S. 432 (2012)

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