England et al. v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners et al.

Decided January 13, 1964. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 7 · 375 U.S. 411 (1964) · Cited 1,211 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.

• Government & Civic Employees Organizing Committee v. Windsor · 353 U.S. 364 (1957)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins · 304 U.S. 64 (1938)
• Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. City of Thibodaux · 360 U.S. 25 (1959)
• Propper v. Clark · 337 U.S. 472 (1949)
• Lassiter v. Northampton County Board of Elections · 360 U.S. 45 (1959)
• Townsend v. Sain · 372 U.S. 293 (1963)
• Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co. · 312 U.S. 496 (1941)
• Burford v. Sun Oil Co. · 319 U.S. 315 (1943)
• Meredith v. Winter Haven · 320 U.S. 228 (1943)
• Alabama Public Service Commission v. Southern Railway Co. · 341 U.S. 341 (1951)
• King v. Order of United Commercial Travelers of America · 333 U.S. 153 (1948)
• Clay v. Sun Ins. Office Ltd. · 363 U.S. 207 (1960)
• City of Meridian v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 358 U.S. 639 (1959)
• Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
• Gibbons v. Ogden · 22 U.S. 1 (1824)
• Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
• Brown v. Board of Education · 349 U.S. 294 (1955)
• Urie v. Thompson · 337 U.S. 163 (1949)
• Lochner v. New York · 198 U.S. 45 (1905)
• United States v. Raines · 362 U.S. 17 (1960)
• Ferguson v. Skrupa · 372 U.S. 726 (1963)
• County of Allegheny v. Frank Mashuda Co. · 360 U.S. 185 (1959)
• Giboney v. Empire Storage & Ice Co. · 336 U.S. 490 (1949)
• Dent v. West Virginia · 129 U.S. 114 (1889)
• Spector Motor Service, Inc. v. McLaughlin · 323 U.S. 101 (1944)
• Ex Parte Poresky · 290 U.S. 30 (1933)
• Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. v. Huffman · 319 U.S. 293 (1943)
• Thompson v. Magnolia Petroleum Co. · 309 U.S. 478 (1940)
• Toucey v. New York Life Insurance · 314 U.S. 118 (1941)

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• Allen v. McCurry · 449 U.S. 90 (1980)
• Montana v. United States · 440 U.S. 147 (1979)
• Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NY v. Tomanio · 446 U.S. 478 (1980)
• Preiser v. Rodriguez · 411 U.S. 475 (1973)
• Fair Assessment in Real Estate Assn., Inc. v. McNary · 454 U.S. 100 (1981)
• Harman v. Forssenius · 380 U.S. 528 (1965)
• Zwickler v. Koota · 389 U.S. 241 (1967)
• Haring v. Prosise · 462 U.S. 306 (1983)
• American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Smith · 496 U.S. 167 (1990)
• Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States · 424 U.S. 800 (1976)
• Stone v. Powell · 428 U.S. 465 (1976)
• Linkletter v. Walker · 381 U.S. 618 (1965)
• Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson · 404 U.S. 97 (1971)
• Huffman v. Pursue, Ltd. · 420 U.S. 592 (1975)
• Baggett v. Bullitt · 377 U.S. 360 (1964)
• City of Greenwood v. Peacock · 384 U.S. 808 (1966)
• James B. Beam Distilling Co. v. Georgia · 501 U.S. 529 (1991)
• Lake Carriers' Assn. v. MacMullan · 406 U.S. 498 (1972)
• Bellotti v. Baird · 428 U.S. 132 (1976)
• Mayor of Philadelphia v. Educational Equality League · 415 U.S. 605 (1974)
• Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp. · 460 U.S. 1 (1983)
• District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman · 460 U.S. 462 (1983)
• Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp. · 544 U.S. 280 (2005)
• Migra v. Warren City School District Board of Education · 465 U.S. 75 (1984)
• Johnson v. New Jersey · 384 U.S. 719 (1966)
• Bender v. Williamsport Area School District · 475 U.S. 534 (1986)
• Quackenbush v. Allstate Insurance · 517 U.S. 706 (1996)
• Babbitt v. United Farm Workers National Union · 442 U.S. 289 (1979)
• Wisconsin v. Constantineau · 400 U.S. 433 (1971)

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