Garrity et al. v. New Jersey

Decided January 16, 1967. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 13 · 385 U.S. 493 (1967) · Cited 1,543 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• Haynes v. Washington · 373 U.S. 503 (1963)
• Chambers v. Florida · 309 U.S. 227 (1940)
• Slochower v. Board of Higher Ed. of New York City · 350 U.S. 551 (1956)
• Union Pacific Railroad v. Public Service Commission · 248 U.S. 67 (1918)
• Miranda v. Arizona · 384 U.S. 436 (1966)
• Boyd v. United States · 116 U.S. 616 (1886)
• Davis v. North Carolina · 384 U.S. 737 (1966)
• Lisenba v. California · 314 U.S. 219 (1942)
• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444 (1938)
• Thomas v. Collins · 323 U.S. 516 (1945)
• Murdock v. Pennsylvania · 319 U.S. 105 (1943)
• Blackburn v. Alabama · 361 U.S. 199 (1960)
• Brown v. Mississippi · 297 U.S. 278 (1936)
• Payne v. Arkansas · 356 U.S. 560 (1958)
• Lynumn v. Illinois · 372 U.S. 528 (1963)
• Ashcraft v. Tennessee · 322 U.S. 143 (1944)
• Harman v. Forssenius · 380 U.S. 528 (1965)
• Reck v. Pate · 367 U.S. 433 (1961)
• Crooker v. California · 357 U.S. 433 (1958)
• Leyra v. Denno · 347 U.S. 556 (1954)
• Frost & Frost Trucking Co. v. Railroad Comm'n of Cal. · 271 U.S. 583 (1926)
• Lamont v. Postmaster General · 381 U.S. 301 (1965)
• Beilan v. Board of Public Ed., School Dist. of Philadelphia · 357 U.S. 399 (1958)
• Terral v. Burke Construction Co. · 257 U.S. 529 (1922)
• Abie State Bank v. Bryan · 282 U.S. 765 (1931)

Cited by

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

• Minnesota v. Murphy · 465 U.S. 420 (1984)
• Lefkowitz v. Turley · 414 U.S. 70 (1973)
• Baxter v. Palmigiano · 425 U.S. 308 (1976)
• Gardner v. Broderick · 392 U.S. 273 (1968)
• Salinas v. Texas · 570 U.S. 178 (2013)
• Uniformed Sanitation Men Ass'n v. Commissioner of Sanitation of New York · 392 U.S. 280 (1968)
• McKune v. Lile · 536 U.S. 24 (2002)
• Parker v. North Carolina · 397 U.S. 790 (1970)
• Lefkowitz v. Cunningham · 431 U.S. 801 (1977)
• Garner v. United States · 424 U.S. 648 (1976)
• Kelley v. Johnson · 425 U.S. 238 (1976)
• Selective Service System v. Minnesota Public Interest Research Group · 468 U.S. 841 (1984)
• McGautha v. California · 402 U.S. 183 (1971)
• Maness v. Meyers · 419 U.S. 449 (1975)
• Pillsbury Co. v. Conboy · 459 U.S. 248 (1983)
• In Re GAULT · 387 U.S. 1 (1967)
• Dunn v. Blumstein · 405 U.S. 330 (1972)
• Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn · 420 U.S. 469 (1975)
• United States v. Mandujano · 425 U.S. 564 (1976)
• Dennis v. Higgins · 498 U.S. 439 (1991)
• California v. Byers · 402 U.S. 424 (1971)
• Law Students Civil Rights Research Council, Inc. v. Wadmond · 401 U.S. 154 (1971)
• Baltimore City Department of Social Services v. Bouknight · 493 U.S. 549 (1990)

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