Griffin v. Wisconsin

Decided June 26, 1987. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 86-5324 · 483 U.S. 868 (1987) · Cited 2,149 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• New Jersey v. T. L. O. · 469 U.S. 325 (1985)
• Marshall v. Barlow's, Inc. · 436 U.S. 307 (1978)
• Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San Francisco · 387 U.S. 523 (1967)
• O'CONNOR v. Ortega · 480 U.S. 709 (1987)
• Payton v. New York · 445 U.S. 573 (1980)
• New York v. Burger · 482 U.S. 691 (1987)
• United States v. Biswell · 406 U.S. 311 (1972)
• Donovan v. Dewey · 452 U.S. 594 (1981)
• Bell v. Wolfish · 441 U.S. 520 (1979)
• Morrissey v. Brewer · 408 U.S. 471 (1972)
• Turner v. Safley · 482 U.S. 78 (1987)
• Kolender v. Lawson · 461 U.S. 352 (1983)
• O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz · 482 U.S. 342 (1987)
• Welsh v. Wisconsin · 466 U.S. 740 (1984)
• United States v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan · 407 U.S. 297 (1972)
• Steagald v. United States · 451 U.S. 204 (1981)
• Silverman v. United States · 365 U.S. 505 (1961)
• Lambert v. California · 355 U.S. 225 (1957)
• United States v. Karo · 468 U.S. 705 (1984)
• Wyman v. James · 400 U.S. 309 (1971)
• Frank v. Maryland · 359 U.S. 360 (1959)

Cited by

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

• Samson v. California · 547 U.S. 843 (2006)
• Ferguson v. City of Charleston · 532 U.S. 67 (2001)
• United States v. Knights · 534 U.S. 112 (2001)
• Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn. · 489 U.S. 602 (1989)
• Pennsylvania Bd. of Probation and Parole v. Scott · 524 U.S. 357 (1998)
• Gall v. United States · 552 U.S. 38 (2007)
• Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton · 515 U.S. 646 (1995)
• Board of Education of Independent School District No. 92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls · 536 U.S. 822 (2002)
• City of L. A. v. Patel · 576 U.S. 409 (2015)
• United States v. Haymond · 588 U.S. 634 (2019)
• Maryland v. Buie · 494 U.S. 325 (1990)
• Illinois v. Caballes · 543 U.S. 405 (2005)
• Smith v. Doe · 538 U.S. 84 (2003)
• National Treasury Employees Union v. Von Raab · 489 U.S. 656 (1989)
• Safford Unified School District 1 v. Redding · 557 U.S. 364 (2009)

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