Head, Doing Business as Lea County Publishing Co., et al. v. New Mexico Board of Examiners in Optometry

Decided June 17, 1963. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 392 · 374 U.S. 424 (1963) · Cited 268 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• Huron Portland Cement Co. v. City of Detroit · 362 U.S. 440 (1960)
• Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul · 373 U.S. 132 (1963)
• Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. · 348 U.S. 483 (1955)
• National Broadcasting Co. v. United States · 319 U.S. 190 (1943)
• Radio Station Wow, Inc. v. Johnson · 326 U.S. 120 (1945)
• Federal Communications Commission v. American Broadcasting Co. · 347 U.S. 284 (1954)
• Colorado Anti-Discrimination Commission v. Continental Air Lines, Inc. · 372 U.S. 714 (1963)
• Hines v. Davidowitz · 312 U.S. 52 (1941)
• Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · 331 U.S. 218 (1947)
• Ferguson v. Skrupa · 372 U.S. 726 (1963)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Pottsville Broadcasting Co. · 309 U.S. 134 (1940)
• Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. New York · 336 U.S. 106 (1949)
• Madden v. Kentucky Ex Rel. Commissioner · 309 U.S. 83 (1940)
• Baldwin v. G. A. F. Seelig, Inc. · 294 U.S. 511 (1935)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Sanders Bros. Radio Station · 309 U.S. 470 (1940)
• Semler v. Oregon State Board of Dental Examiners · 294 U.S. 608 (1935)
• Bibb v. Navajo Freight Lines, Inc. · 359 U.S. 520 (1959)
• Federal Radio Comm'n v. Nelson Brothers Bond & Mortgage Co. (Station WIBO) · 289 U.S. 266 (1933)
• Guss v. Utah Labor Relations Board · 353 U.S. 1 (1957)
• SHERLOCK v. Alling, AdmInistrator · 93 U.S. 99 (1876)
• Kelly v. Washington Ex Rel. Foss Co. · 302 U.S. 1 (1937)
• Arrow Transportation Co. v. Southern Railway Co. · 372 U.S. 658 (1963)
• California v. Zook · 336 U.S. 725 (1949)
• Austin v. Tennessee · 179 U.S. 343 (1900)
• Packer Corp. v. Utah · 285 U.S. 105 (1932)
• Farmers Educational & Cooperative Union v. WDAY, Inc. · 360 U.S. 525 (1959)

Cited by

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

• Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. · 425 U.S. 748 (1976)
• Bates v. State Bar of Arizona · 433 U.S. 350 (1977)
• Bigelow v. Virginia · 421 U.S. 809 (1975)
• Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations · 413 U.S. 376 (1973)
• Capital Cities Cable, Inc. v. Crisp · 467 U.S. 691 (1984)
• Miller v. California · 413 U.S. 15 (1973)
• Freytag v. Commissioner · 501 U.S. 868 (1991)

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