Griffin v. United States
Decided April 25, 1949. Felix Frankfurter delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 417 · 336 U.S. 704 (1949) · Cited 107 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 5
- Felix Frankfurter · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Harold Hitz Burton
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- Robert Houghwout Jackson
- Stanley Forman Reed
Dissenting · 4
- Frank Murphy · filed a dissenting opinion
- Frederick Moore Vinson
- Wiley Blount Rutledge
- William Orville Douglas
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.
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.
- Fisher v. United States · 328 U.S. 463 (1946)
- United States v. Johnson · 327 U.S. 106 (1946)
- Johnson v. Zerbst · 304 U.S. 458 (1938)
- Funk v. United States · 290 U.S. 371 (1933)
- Andres v. United States · 333 U.S. 740 (1948)
- Miles v. United States · 103 U.S. 304 (1881)
- Huddleston v. Dwyer · 322 U.S. 232 (1944)
- Jin Fuey Moy v. United States · 254 U.S. 189 (1920)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Miller v. United States · 357 U.S. 301 (1958)
- Whalen v. United States · 445 U.S. 684 (1980)
- District of Columbia v. Heller · 554 U.S. 570 (2008)
- Pernell v. Southall Realty · 416 U.S. 363 (1974)
- Lutwak v. United States · 344 U.S. 604 (1953)
- Giles v. Maryland · 386 U.S. 66 (1967)
- Carroll v. United States · 354 U.S. 394 (1957)
- Hawkins v. United States · 358 U.S. 74 (1958)
- National Labor Relations Board v. Mexia Textile Mills, Inc. · 339 U.S. 563 (1950)
- District of Columbia v. Little · 339 U.S. 1 (1950)
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