Hughes et al. v. Superior Court of California for Contra Costa County

Decided May 8, 1950. Felix Frankfurter delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 61 · 339 U.S. 460 (1950) · Cited 350 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

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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.

• Giboney v. Empire Storage & Ice Co. · 336 U.S. 490 (1949)
• Bakery & Pastry Drivers & Helpers Local 802 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Wohl · 315 U.S. 769 (1942)
• Milk Wagon Drivers Union, Local 753 v. Meadowmoor Dairies, Inc. · 312 U.S. 287 (1941)
• Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88 (1940)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. · 301 U.S. 1 (1937)
• Palko v. Connecticut · 302 U.S. 319 (1937)
• Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co. · 220 U.S. 61 (1911)
• Snowden v. Hughes · 321 U.S. 1 (1944)
• Steele v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad · 323 U.S. 192 (1944)
• Prentis v. Atlantic Coast Line Co. · 211 U.S. 210 (1908)
• Tigner v. Texas · 310 U.S. 141 (1940)
• Sproles v. Binford · 286 U.S. 374 (1932)
• American Federation of Labor v. Swing · 312 U.S. 321 (1941)
• Hebert v. Louisiana · 272 U.S. 312 (1926)
• Tunstall v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen · 323 U.S. 210 (1945)
• Senn v. Tile Layers Protective Union · 301 U.S. 468 (1937)
• Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Browning · 310 U.S. 362 (1940)
• Railway Mail Assn. v. Corsi · 326 U.S. 88 (1945)
• Skiriotes v. Florida · 313 U.S. 69 (1941)
• Carpenters & Joiners Union, Local No. 213 v. Ritter's Cafe · 315 U.S. 722 (1942)
• Cafeteria Employees Union, Local 302 v. Angelos · 320 U.S. 293 (1943)
• Miller v. Wilson · 236 U.S. 373 (1915)
• New Negro Alliance v. Sanitary Grocery Co. · 303 U.S. 552 (1938)
• Keller v. Potomac Electric Power Co. · 261 U.S. 428 (1923)
• Farmers & Merchants Bank of Monroe v. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond · 262 U.S. 649 (1923)
• Graham v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen · 338 U.S. 232 (1949)
• Keokee Consolidated Coke Co. v. Taylor · 234 U.S. 224 (1914)
• Dorchy v. Kansas · 272 U.S. 306 (1926)
• James-Dickinson Farm Mortgage Co. v. Harry · 273 U.S. 119 (1927)

Cited by

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

• DeFunis v. Odegaard · 416 U.S. 312 (1974)
• Amalgamated Food Employees Union Local 590 v. Logan Valley Plaza, Inc. · 391 U.S. 308 (1968)
• Dennis v. United States · 341 U.S. 494 (1951)
• Edward J. DeBartolo Corp. v. Florida Gulf Coast Building & Construction Trades Council · 485 U.S. 568 (1988)
• Cox v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 559 (1965)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Fruit & Vegetable Packers & Warehousemen, Local 760 · 377 U.S. 58 (1964)
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 695 v. Vogt, Inc. · 354 U.S. 284 (1957)
• Babbitt v. United Farm Workers National Union · 442 U.S. 289 (1979)
• Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia · 448 U.S. 555 (1980)
• Brandenburg v. Ohio · 395 U.S. 444 (1969)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Co. · 458 U.S. 886 (1982)
• California v. LaRue · 409 U.S. 109 (1972)
• Fullilove v. Klutznick · 448 U.S. 448 (1980)
• Hudgens v. National Labor Relations Board · 424 U.S. 507 (1976)
• Niemotko v. Maryland · 340 U.S. 268 (1951)
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. National Labor Relations Board · 341 U.S. 694 (1951)
• Bell v. Maryland · 378 U.S. 226 (1964)
• Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1 · 458 U.S. 457 (1982)
• United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers of America v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board · 351 U.S. 266 (1956)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Retail Store Employees Union, Local 1001 · 447 U.S. 607 (1980)

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