Hathorn et al. v. Lovorn et al.

Decided June 15, 1982. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 81-451 · 457 U.S. 255 (1982) · Cited 296 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

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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.

• Gulf Offshore Co. v. Mobil Oil Corp. · 453 U.S. 473 (1981)
• McDaniel v. Sanchez · 452 U.S. 130 (1981)
• Allen v. State Board of Elections · 393 U.S. 544 (1969)
• Perkins v. Matthews · 400 U.S. 379 (1971)
• Radio Station Wow, Inc. v. Johnson · 326 U.S. 120 (1945)
• Dougherty County Bd. of Ed. v. White · 439 U.S. 32 (1978)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• Stone v. Powell · 428 U.S. 465 (1976)
• Michigan v. Tyler · 436 U.S. 499 (1978)
• South Carolina v. Katzenbach · 383 U.S. 301 (1966)
• California Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc. · 445 U.S. 97 (1980)
• American Well Works Company v. Layne and Bowler Company · 241 U.S. 257 (1916)
• Hughes Tool Co. v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · 409 U.S. 363 (1973)
• Kaiser Steel Corp. v. Mullins · 455 U.S. 72 (1982)
• Reece v. Georgia · 350 U.S. 85 (1955)
• Market Street Railway Co. v. Railroad Commission of California · 324 U.S. 548 (1945)
• United States v. Sheffield Bd. of Comm'rs · 435 U.S. 110 (1978)
• City of Richmond v. United States · 422 U.S. 358 (1975)
• Barr v. City of Columbia · 378 U.S. 146 (1964)

Cited by

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• Branch v. Smith · 538 U.S. 254 (2003)
• Howlett Ex Rel. Howlett v. Rose · 496 U.S. 356 (1990)
• Tafflin v. Levitt · 493 U.S. 455 (1990)
• Dugger v. Adams · 489 U.S. 401 (1989)
• Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Crenshaw · 486 U.S. 71 (1988)
• Morse v. Republican Party of Virginia · 517 U.S. 186 (1996)
• Riley v. Kennedy · 553 U.S. 406 (2008)
• Clark v. Roemer · 500 U.S. 646 (1991)
• Harris v. Reed · 489 U.S. 255 (1989)
• Pennsylvania v. Ritchie · 480 U.S. 39 (1987)
• Johnson v. Mississippi · 486 U.S. 578 (1988)
• Holder v. Hall · 512 U.S. 874 (1994)
• Jimmy Swaggart Ministries v. Board of Equalization of California · 493 U.S. 378 (1990)
• California v. Rooney · 483 U.S. 307 (1987)

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