Ferris J. Alexander, Sr. v. United States

Decided June 28, 1993. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 91-1526 · 509 U.S. 544 (1993) · Cited 628 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. Olson · 283 U.S. 697 (1931)
• Arcara v. Cloud Books, Inc. · 478 U.S. 697 (1986)
• Fort Wayne Books, Inc. v. Indiana · 489 U.S. 46 (1989)
• Vance v. Universal Amusement Co. · 445 U.S. 308 (1980)
• Bantam Books, Inc. v. Sullivan · 372 U.S. 58 (1963)
• Southeastern Promotions, Ltd. v. Conrad · 420 U.S. 546 (1975)
• Organization for a Better Austin v. Keefe · 402 U.S. 415 (1971)
• Marcus v. Search Warrant of Property · 367 U.S. 717 (1961)
• A Quantity of Copies of Books v. Kansas · 378 U.S. 205 (1964)
• Kingsley Books, Inc. v. Brown · 354 U.S. 436 (1957)
• Roth v. United States · 354 U.S. 476 (1957)
• Miller v. California · 413 U.S. 15 (1973)
• Russello v. United States · 464 U.S. 16 (1983)
• Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
• Smith v. California · 361 U.S. 147 (1959)
• Browning-Ferris Industries of Vermont, Inc. v. Kelco Disposal, Inc. · 492 U.S. 257 (1989)
• Grosjean v. American Press Co. · 297 U.S. 233 (1936)
• Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations · 413 U.S. 376 (1973)
• Ginzburg v. United States · 383 U.S. 463 (1966)
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma · 413 U.S. 601 (1973)
• United States v. O'Brien · 391 U.S. 367 (1968)
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire · 315 U.S. 568 (1942)
• New York v. Ferber · 458 U.S. 747 (1982)
• Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88 (1940)
• Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent · 466 U.S. 789 (1984)
• R. A. v. v. City of St. Paul · 505 U.S. 377 (1992)
• Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington) · 308 U.S. 147 (1939)
• Calero-Toledo v. Pearson Yacht Leasing Co. · 416 U.S. 663 (1974)
• Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton · 413 U.S. 49 (1973)
• New York Times Co. v. United States · 403 U.S. 713 (1971)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Madsen v. Women's Health Center, Inc. · 512 U.S. 753 (1994)
• Hudson v. United States · 522 U.S. 93 (1997)
• Department of Revenue of Mont. v. Kurth Ranch · 511 U.S. 767 (1994)
• Libretti v. United States · 516 U.S. 29 (1995)
• United States v. Bajakajian · 524 U.S. 321 (1998)
• United States v. X-Citement Video, Inc. · 513 U.S. 64 (1994)
• BE&K Construction Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 536 U.S. 516 (2002)

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