Hicks, District Attorney of Orange County, et al. v. Miranda, Dba Walnut Properties, et al.

Decided June 24, 1975. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 74-156 · 422 U.S. 332 (1975) · Cited 1,202 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.

• Younger v. Harris · 401 U.S. 37 (1971)
• Steffel v. Thompson · 415 U.S. 452 (1974)
• SAMUELS Et Al. v. MACKELL, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF QUEENS COUNTY, Et Al. · 401 U.S. 66 (1971)
• Heller v. New York · 413 U.S. 483 (1973)
• Huffman v. Pursue, Ltd. · 420 U.S. 592 (1975)
• Lake Carriers' Assn. v. MacMullan · 406 U.S. 498 (1972)
• Monroe v. Pape · 365 U.S. 167 (1961)
• Miller v. California · 413 U.S. 15 (1973)
• Zwickler v. Koota · 389 U.S. 241 (1967)
• Mitchum v. Foster · 407 U.S. 225 (1972)
• Perez v. Ledesma · 401 U.S. 82 (1971)
• McNeese v. Board of Education for Community Unit School District 187 Cahokia · 373 U.S. 668 (1963)
• Kugler v. Helfant · 421 U.S. 117 (1975)
• Samuel Bailey v. Joe T. Patterson · 369 U.S. 31 (1962)
• A Quantity of Copies of Books v. Kansas · 378 U.S. 205 (1964)
• Allee v. Medrano · 416 U.S. 802 (1974)
• Philbrook v. Glodgett · 421 U.S. 707 (1975)
• Spielman Motor Sales Co. v. Dodge · 295 U.S. 89 (1935)
• Ellis v. Dyson · 421 U.S. 426 (1975)
• Gonzalez v. Automatic Employees Credit Union · 419 U.S. 90 (1974)

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• Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. · 463 U.S. 85 (1983)
• Middlesex County Ethics Committee v. Garden State Bar Ass'n · 457 U.S. 423 (1982)
• Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego · 453 U.S. 490 (1981)
• R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Durham County · 479 U.S. 130 (1986)
• Patterson v. New York · 432 U.S. 197 (1977)
• Moore v. Sims · 442 U.S. 415 (1979)
• Juidice v. Vail · 430 U.S. 327 (1977)
• Carey v. Population Services International · 431 U.S. 678 (1977)
• Bowers v. Hardwick · 478 U.S. 186 (1986)
• Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff · 467 U.S. 229 (1984)
• Caban v. Mohammed · 441 U.S. 380 (1979)
• Justices of Boston Municipal Court v. Lydon · 466 U.S. 294 (1984)
• Rose v. Locke · 423 U.S. 48 (1975)
• Boggs v. Boggs · 520 U.S. 833 (1997)
• Washington v. Confederated Bands & Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation · 439 U.S. 463 (1979)
• Leis v. Flynt · 439 U.S. 438 (1979)
• City of Rome v. United States · 446 U.S. 156 (1980)
• Cantor v. Detroit Edison Co. · 428 U.S. 579 (1976)
• Norton Ex Rel. Chiles v. Mathews · 427 U.S. 524 (1976)
• Tully v. Griffin, Inc. · 429 U.S. 68 (1976)
• McCarthy v. Philadelphia Civil Service Commission · 424 U.S. 645 (1976)
• Southern Railway Co. v. Seaboard Allied Milling Corp. · 442 U.S. 444 (1979)

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