Gooding, Warden v. Wilson

Decided March 23, 1972. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 70-26 · 405 U.S. 518 (1972) · Cited 1,392 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–2.

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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.

• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire · 315 U.S. 568 (1942)
• Cox v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 536 (1965)
• Ashton v. Kentucky · 384 U.S. 195 (1966)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• Dombrowski v. Pfister · 380 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Cohen v. California · 403 U.S. 15 (1971)
• Coates v. City of Cincinnati · 402 U.S. 611 (1971)
• Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
• Baggett v. Bullitt · 377 U.S. 360 (1964)
• United States v. Raines · 362 U.S. 17 (1960)
• Street v. New York · 394 U.S. 576 (1969)
• Younger v. Harris · 401 U.S. 37 (1971)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• Terminiello v. Chicago · 337 U.S. 1 (1949)
• Bernhardt v. Polygraphic Co. of America, Inc. · 350 U.S. 198 (1956)
• United States v. Thirty-Seven (37) Photographs · 402 U.S. 363 (1971)
• Herndon v. Lowry · 301 U.S. 242 (1937)
• Gregory v. City of Chicago · 394 U.S. 111 (1969)
• Fidelity Union Trust Co. v. Field · 311 U.S. 169 (1941)
• Bachellar v. Maryland · 397 U.S. 564 (1970)

Cited by

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

• Lewis v. City of New Orleans · 415 U.S. 130 (1974)
• City of Houston v. Hill · 482 U.S. 451 (1987)
• Los Angeles Police Department v. United Reporting Publishing Corp. · 528 U.S. 32 (1999)
• Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104 (1972)
• New York v. Ferber · 458 U.S. 747 (1982)
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma · 413 U.S. 601 (1973)
• Heffernan v. City of Paterson · 578 U.S. 266 (2016)
• Papish v. Board of Curators of the University of Missouri · 410 U.S. 667 (1973)
• Rose v. Lundy · 455 U.S. 509 (1982)
• R. A. v. v. City of St. Paul · 505 U.S. 377 (1992)
• Parker v. Levy · 417 U.S. 733 (1974)
• Forsyth County v. Nationalist Movement · 505 U.S. 123 (1992)
• Bigelow v. Virginia · 421 U.S. 809 (1975)
• Hess v. Indiana · 414 U.S. 105 (1973)
• Miller v. California · 413 U.S. 15 (1973)
• Steffel v. Thompson · 415 U.S. 452 (1974)
• Branzburg v. Hayes · 408 U.S. 665 (1972)
• Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent · 466 U.S. 789 (1984)
• County Court of Ulster Cty. v. Allen · 442 U.S. 140 (1979)
• Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc. · 427 U.S. 50 (1976)
• United States Civil Service Commission v. National Ass'n of Letter Carriers · 413 U.S. 548 (1973)
• Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton · 413 U.S. 49 (1973)
• Southeastern Promotions, Ltd. v. Conrad · 420 U.S. 546 (1975)
• Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego · 453 U.S. 490 (1981)
• Erznoznik v. City of Jacksonville · 422 U.S. 205 (1975)
• Boos v. Barry · 485 U.S. 312 (1988)
• Bates v. State Bar of Arizona · 433 U.S. 350 (1977)
• Ohralik v. Ohio State Bar Assn. · 436 U.S. 447 (1978)
• United States v. Grace · 461 U.S. 171 (1983)
• California v. LaRue · 409 U.S. 109 (1972)

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