Ferguson, Attorney General of Kansas, et al. v. Skrupa, Doing Business as Credit Advisors

Decided April 22, 1963. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 111 · 372 U.S. 726 (1963) · Cited 1,026 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.

• Adams v. Tanner · 244 U.S. 590 (1917)
• Adkins v. Children's Hospital of Columbia · 261 U.S. 525 (1923)
• Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. · 348 U.S. 483 (1955)
• Lochner v. New York · 198 U.S. 45 (1905)
• Sproles v. Binford · 286 U.S. 374 (1932)
• Tyson & Brother v. Banton · 273 U.S. 418 (1927)
• Lincoln Federal Labor Union v. Northwestern Iron & Metal Co. · 335 U.S. 525 (1949)
• Olsen v. Nebraska Ex Rel. Western Reference & Bond Assn., Inc. · 313 U.S. 236 (1941)
• Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co. · 220 U.S. 61 (1911)
• West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish · 300 U.S. 379 (1937)
• Breard v. Alexandria · 341 U.S. 622 (1951)
• Coppage v. Kansas · 236 U.S. 1 (1915)
• Day-Brite Lighting, Inc. v. Missouri · 342 U.S. 421 (1952)
• Jay Burns Baking Co. v. Bryan · 264 U.S. 504 (1924)
• Daniel v. Family Security Life Insurance · 336 U.S. 220 (1949)
• Secretary of Agriculture v. Central Roig Refining Co. · 338 U.S. 604 (1950)

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• Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. · 449 U.S. 456 (1981)
• Roe v. Wade · 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Cantor v. Detroit Edison Co. · 428 U.S. 579 (1976)
• New Motor Vehicle Bd. of Cal. v. Orrin W. Fox Co. · 439 U.S. 96 (1978)
• Moore v. City of East Cleveland · 431 U.S. 494 (1977)
• Obergefell v. Hodges · 576 U.S. 644 (2015)
• North Dakota State Board of Pharmacy v. Snyder's Drug Stores, Inc. · 414 U.S. 156 (1973)
• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District · 393 U.S. 503 (1969)
• City of New Orleans v. Dukes · 427 U.S. 297 (1976)
• Doe v. Bolton · 410 U.S. 179 (1973)
• Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton · 413 U.S. 49 (1973)
• Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co. · 428 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Vlandis v. Kline · 412 U.S. 441 (1973)
• Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel · 524 U.S. 498 (1998)
• Washington v. Washington State Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Assn. · 443 U.S. 658 (1979)
• Webster v. Reproductive Health Services · 492 U.S. 490 (1989)
• Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization · 597 U.S. 215 (2022)
• United States v. Carlton · 512 U.S. 26 (1994)
• Jackson v. Denno · 378 U.S. 368 (1964)
• Dandridge v. Williams · 397 U.S. 471 (1970)
• Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc. · 455 U.S. 489 (1982)
• Boddie v. Connecticut · 401 U.S. 371 (1971)
• United States v. Lopez · 514 U.S. 549 (1995)
• Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission · 447 U.S. 557 (1980)
• Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey · 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
• Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. · 425 U.S. 748 (1976)
• Craig v. Boren · 429 U.S. 190 (1976)
• Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc. · 438 U.S. 59 (1978)
• Whalen v. Roe · 429 U.S. 589 (1977)

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