Heller v. New York

Decided June 25, 1973. Warren Earl Burger delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 71-1043 · 413 U.S. 483 (1973) · Cited 523 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• Marcus v. Search Warrant of Property · 367 U.S. 717 (1961)
• Freedman v. Maryland · 380 U.S. 51 (1965)
• A Quantity of Copies of Books v. Kansas · 378 U.S. 205 (1964)
• United States v. Thirty-Seven (37) Photographs · 402 U.S. 363 (1971)
• Lee Art Theatre, Inc. v. Virginia · 392 U.S. 636 (1968)
• Bantam Books, Inc. v. Sullivan · 372 U.S. 58 (1963)
• Carroll v. President & Commissioners of Princess Anne · 393 U.S. 175 (1968)
• Kingsley Books, Inc. v. Brown · 354 U.S. 436 (1957)
• Mishkin v. New York · 383 U.S. 502 (1966)
• Blount v. Rizzi · 400 U.S. 410 (1971)
• Mapp v. Ohio · 367 U.S. 643 (1961)
• Coolidge v. New Hampshire · 403 U.S. 443 (1971)
• Johnson v. United States · 333 U.S. 10 (1948)
• Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. Olson · 283 U.S. 697 (1931)
• Giordenello v. United States · 357 U.S. 480 (1958)
• New York Times Co. v. United States · 403 U.S. 713 (1971)
• Organization for a Better Austin v. Keefe · 402 U.S. 415 (1971)
• Times Film Corp. v. City of Chicago · 365 U.S. 43 (1961)
• Teitel Film Corp. v. Cusack · 390 U.S. 139 (1968)

Cited by

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

• Lo-Ji Sales, Inc. v. New York · 442 U.S. 319 (1979)
• New York v. P. J. Video, Inc. · 475 U.S. 868 (1986)
• Southeastern Promotions, Ltd. v. Conrad · 420 U.S. 546 (1975)
• Hicks v. Miranda · 422 U.S. 332 (1975)
• Zurcher v. Stanford Daily · 436 U.S. 547 (1978)
• Fort Wayne Books, Inc. v. Indiana · 489 U.S. 46 (1989)
• Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc. · 427 U.S. 50 (1976)
• Maryland v. MacOn · 472 U.S. 463 (1985)

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