Fisher et al. v. United States et al.

Decided April 21, 1976. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 74-18 · 425 U.S. 391 (1976) · Cited 2,033 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

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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.

• Boyd v. United States · 116 U.S. 616 (1886)
• Couch v. United States · 409 U.S. 322 (1973)
• Bellis v. United States · 417 U.S. 85 (1974)
• Schmerber v. California · 384 U.S. 757 (1966)
• Wilson v. United States · 221 U.S. 361 (1911)
• United States v. White · 322 U.S. 694 (1944)
• Katz v. United States · 389 U.S. 347 (1967)
• Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. Hayden · 387 U.S. 294 (1967)
• Gilbert v. California · 388 U.S. 263 (1967)
• Agnello v. United States · 269 U.S. 20 (1925)
• Gouled v. United States · 255 U.S. 298 (1921)
• Berger v. New York · 388 U.S. 41 (1967)
• United States v. Lefkowitz · 285 U.S. 452 (1932)
• Davis v. United States · 328 U.S. 582 (1946)
• Osborn v. United States · 385 U.S. 323 (1966)
• Curcio v. United States · 354 U.S. 118 (1957)
• United States v. Wade · 388 U.S. 218 (1967)
• United States v. Nobles · 422 U.S. 225 (1975)
• Murphy v. Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor · 378 U.S. 52 (1964)
• Burdeau v. McDowell · 256 U.S. 465 (1921)
• Oklahoma Press Publishing Co. v. Walling · 327 U.S. 186 (1946)
• Tehan v. United States ex rel. Shott · 382 U.S. 406 (1966)
• Perlman v. United States · 247 U.S. 7 (1918)
• Miranda v. Arizona · 384 U.S. 436 (1966)
• Mapp v. Ohio · 367 U.S. 643 (1961)
• Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• United States v. Calandra · 414 U.S. 338 (1974)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Kastigar v. United States · 406 U.S. 441 (1972)
• Olmstead v. United States · 277 U.S. 438 (1928)

Cited by

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

• United States v. Doe · 465 U.S. 605 (1984)
• Braswell v. United States · 487 U.S. 99 (1988)
• Doe v. United States · 487 U.S. 201 (1988)
• United States v. Hubbell · 530 U.S. 27 (2000)
• Andresen v. Maryland · 427 U.S. 463 (1976)
• Baltimore City Department of Social Services v. Bouknight · 493 U.S. 549 (1990)
• New York v. Quarles · 467 U.S. 649 (1984)
• Upjohn Co. v. United States · 449 U.S. 383 (1981)
• Weatherford v. Bursey · 429 U.S. 545 (1977)
• Nixon v. Administrator of General Services · 433 U.S. 425 (1977)
• United States v. Zolin · 491 U.S. 554 (1989)
• McKune v. Lile · 536 U.S. 24 (2002)
• Swidler & Berlin v. United States · 524 U.S. 399 (1998)
• South Dakota v. Opperman · 428 U.S. 364 (1976)
• Ybarra v. Illinois · 444 U.S. 85 (1979)
• South Dakota v. Neville · 459 U.S. 553 (1983)
• Carpenter v. United States · 585 U.S. 296 (2018)
• United States v. Ward · 448 U.S. 242 (1980)
• Zurcher v. Stanford Daily · 436 U.S. 547 (1978)
• Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial Dist. Court of Nev., Humboldt Cty. · 542 U.S. 177 (2004)
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Weintraub · 471 U.S. 343 (1985)
• G. M. Leasing Corp. v. United States · 429 U.S. 338 (1977)
• United States v. Rylander · 460 U.S. 752 (1983)
• United States v. Patane · 542 U.S. 630 (2004)
• Washington v. Chrisman · 455 U.S. 1 (1982)
• United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation · 564 U.S. 162 (2011)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Jerry T. O'Brien, Inc. · 467 U.S. 735 (1984)
• United States v. Euge · 444 U.S. 707 (1980)
• United States v. Zubaydah · 595 U.S. 195 (2022)

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