Hicks, District Attorney for County of Orange, California, Acting on Behalf of Feiock v. Feiock

Decided April 27, 1988. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 86-787 · 485 U.S. 624 (1988) · Cited 861 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–3.

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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.

• Shillitani v. United States · 384 U.S. 364 (1966)
• Penfield Co. v. Securities & Exchange Commission · 330 U.S. 585 (1947)
• United States v. Rylander · 460 U.S. 752 (1983)
• Allen v. Illinois · 478 U.S. 364 (1986)
• Nye v. United States · 313 U.S. 33 (1941)
• Oriel v. Russell · 278 U.S. 358 (1929)
• West v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 311 U.S. 223 (1940)
• Bloom v. Illinois · 391 U.S. 194 (1968)
• Maggio v. Zeitz · 333 U.S. 56 (1948)
• Martin v. Ohio · 480 U.S. 228 (1987)
• Fox v. Capital Co. · 299 U.S. 105 (1936)
• Lamb v. Cramer · 285 U.S. 217 (1932)
• In Re WINSHIP · 397 U.S. 358 (1970)
• In Re GAULT · 387 U.S. 1 (1967)
• Sandstrom v. Montana · 442 U.S. 510 (1979)
• Mullaney v. Wilbur · 421 U.S. 684 (1975)
• United States v. United Mine Workers of America · 330 U.S. 258 (1947)
• County Court of Ulster Cty. v. Allen · 442 U.S. 140 (1979)
• Bessette v. W. B. Conkey Co. · 194 U.S. 324 (1904)
• Michaelson v. United States Ex Rel. Chicago, St. P., M. & OR Co. · 266 U.S. 42 (1924)
• Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation v. Wold Engineering, P. C. · 467 U.S. 138 (1984)
• Ex Parte Grossman · 267 U.S. 87 (1925)
• Union Tool Co. v. Wilson · 259 U.S. 107 (1922)
• Doyle v. London Guarantee & Accident Co. · 204 U.S. 599 (1907)

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• International Union, United Mine Workers v. Bagwell · 512 U.S. 821 (1994)
• United States v. Halper · 490 U.S. 435 (1989)
• United States v. Granderson · 511 U.S. 39 (1994)
• United States Department of Energy v. Ohio · 503 U.S. 607 (1992)

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