Ginzburg et al. v. United States

Decided March 21, 1966. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 42 · 383 U.S. 463 (1966) · Cited 572 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.

• Roth v. United States · 354 U.S. 476 (1957)
• Manual Enterprises, Inc. v. Day · 370 U.S. 478 (1962)
• Smith v. California · 361 U.S. 147 (1959)
• Dombrowski v. Pfister · 380 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Jacobellis v. Ohio · 378 U.S. 184 (1964)
• Cole v. Arkansas · 333 U.S. 196 (1948)
• Breard v. Alexandria · 341 U.S. 622 (1951)
• Butler v. Michigan · 352 U.S. 380 (1957)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 340 U.S. 474 (1951)
• Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
• Freedman v. Maryland · 380 U.S. 51 (1965)
• Cox v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 536 (1965)
• Murdock v. Pennsylvania · 319 U.S. 105 (1943)
• Kovacs v. Cooper · 336 U.S. 77 (1949)
• Giboney v. Empire Storage & Ice Co. · 336 U.S. 490 (1949)
• Martin v. City of Struthers · 319 U.S. 141 (1943)
• Marcus v. Search Warrant of Property · 367 U.S. 717 (1961)
• Public Utilities Commission v. Pollak · 343 U.S. 451 (1952)
• A Quantity of Copies of Books v. Kansas · 378 U.S. 205 (1964)
• Valentine v. Chrestensen · 316 U.S. 52 (1942)
• Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham · 382 U.S. 87 (1965)
• Jamison v. Texas · 318 U.S. 413 (1943)
• Sunshine Book Co. v. Summerfield · 355 U.S. 372 (1958)

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• FW/PBS, Inc. v. City of Dallas · 493 U.S. 215 (1990)
• United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. · 529 U.S. 803 (2000)
• Miller v. California · 413 U.S. 15 (1973)
• Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition · 535 U.S. 234 (2002)
• Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton · 413 U.S. 49 (1973)
• United States v. Williams · 553 U.S. 285 (2008)
• Hamling v. United States · 418 U.S. 87 (1974)
• Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn. · 564 U.S. 786 (2011)
• Redrup v. New York · 386 U.S. 767 (1967)
• Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union · 542 U.S. 656 (2004)
• Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. City of Dallas · 390 U.S. 676 (1968)
• Stanley v. Georgia · 394 U.S. 557 (1969)
• Ginsberg v. New York · 390 U.S. 629 (1968)
• Erznoznik v. City of Jacksonville · 422 U.S. 205 (1975)
• Bigelow v. Virginia · 421 U.S. 809 (1975)
• Alexander v. United States · 509 U.S. 544 (1993)
• Dyson v. Stein · 401 U.S. 200 (1971)
• Marks v. United States · 430 U.S. 188 (1977)
• Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products Corp. · 463 U.S. 60 (1983)
• Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations · 413 U.S. 376 (1973)
• United States v. Thirty-Seven (37) Photographs · 402 U.S. 363 (1971)
• Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Democratic National Committee · 412 U.S. 94 (1973)
• United States v. 12 200-Ft. Reels of Super 8MM. Film · 413 U.S. 123 (1973)
• Smith v. United States · 431 U.S. 291 (1977)
• Kaplan v. California · 413 U.S. 115 (1973)
• United States v. Vuitch · 402 U.S. 62 (1971)
• City of Littleton v. Z. J. Gifts D-4, L. L. C. · 541 U.S. 774 (2004)
• Fort Wayne Books, Inc. v. Indiana · 489 U.S. 46 (1989)

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