Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee

Decided March 25, 1963. Arthur Joseph Goldberg delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 6 · 372 U.S. 539 (1963) · Cited 416 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.

• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Barenblatt v. United States · 360 U.S. 109 (1959)
• Bates v. City of Little Rock · 361 U.S. 516 (1960)
• Uphaus v. Wyman · 360 U.S. 72 (1959)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington) · 308 U.S. 147 (1939)
• Sweezy v. New Hampshire Ex Rel. Wyman · 354 U.S. 234 (1957)
• Watkins v. United States · 354 U.S. 178 (1957)
• Russell v. United States · 369 U.S. 749 (1962)
• Gitlow v. New York · 268 U.S. 652 (1925)
• Communist Party of United States v. Subversive Activities Control Bd. · 367 U.S. 1 (1961)
• Shelton v. Tucker · 364 U.S. 479 (1960)
• Whitney v. California · 274 U.S. 357 (1927)
• De Jonge v. Oregon · 299 U.S. 353 (1937)
• McGrain v. Daugherty · 273 U.S. 135 (1927)
• Louisiana Ex Rel. Gremillion v. National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People · 366 U.S. 293 (1961)
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356 (1886)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• Roth v. United States · 354 U.S. 476 (1957)
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire · 315 U.S. 568 (1942)
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette · 319 U.S. 624 (1943)
• Olmstead v. United States · 277 U.S. 438 (1928)
• Everson v. Board of Ed. of Ewing · 330 U.S. 1 (1947)
• Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
• Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. Olson · 283 U.S. 697 (1931)
• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444 (1938)
• Thomas v. Collins · 323 U.S. 516 (1945)
• Smith v. California · 361 U.S. 147 (1959)
• Murdock v. Pennsylvania · 319 U.S. 105 (1943)
• Dennis v. United States · 341 U.S. 494 (1951)

Cited by

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

• Branzburg v. Hayes · 408 U.S. 665 (1972)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Co. · 458 U.S. 886 (1982)
• California Bankers Assn. v. Shultz · 416 U.S. 21 (1974)
• United States v. Robel · 389 U.S. 258 (1967)
• Eastland v. United States Servicemen's Fund · 421 U.S. 491 (1975)
• Baird v. State Bar of Arizona · 401 U.S. 1 (1971)
• Law Students Civil Rights Research Council, Inc. v. Wadmond · 401 U.S. 154 (1971)
• Brown v. Socialist Workers '74 Campaign Comm. (Ohio) · 459 U.S. 87 (1982)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. · 556 U.S. 502 (2009)
• Abood v. Detroit Board of Education · 431 U.S. 209 (1977)
• Lopez v. United States · 373 U.S. 427 (1963)
• Kleindienst v. Mandel · 408 U.S. 753 (1972)
• Cox v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 559 (1965)
• United States Department of Agriculture v. Moreno · 413 U.S. 528 (1973)
• Healy v. James · 408 U.S. 169 (1972)
• Aptheker v. Secretary of State · 378 U.S. 500 (1964)
• Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Democratic National Committee · 412 U.S. 94 (1973)
• City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, Inc. · 462 U.S. 416 (1983)
• Gelbard v. United States · 408 U.S. 41 (1972)
• Rosario v. Rockefeller · 410 U.S. 752 (1973)
• Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Virginia Ex Rel. Virginia State Bar · 377 U.S. 1 (1964)
• Meese v. Keene · 481 U.S. 465 (1987)
• Elfbrandt v. Russell · 384 U.S. 11 (1966)
• Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta · 594 U.S. 595 (2021)
• United States v. Welden · 377 U.S. 95 (1964)

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