Jett v. Dallas Independent School District

Decided June 22, 1989. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 87-2084 · 491 U.S. 701 (1989) · Cited 2,093 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.

• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs. · 436 U.S. 658 (1978)
• Brown v. General Services Administration · 425 U.S. 820 (1976)
• City of St. Louis v. Praprotnik · 485 U.S. 112 (1988)
• Hurd v. Hodge · 334 U.S. 24 (1948)
• Cannon v. University of Chicago · 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
• Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. · 392 U.S. 409 (1968)
• Moor v. County of Alameda · 411 U.S. 693 (1973)
• District of Columbia v. Carter · 409 U.S. 418 (1973)
• Pembaur v. City of Cincinnati · 475 U.S. 469 (1986)
• Runyon v. McCrary · 427 U.S. 160 (1976)
• Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Rigsby · 241 U.S. 33 (1916)
• Monroe v. Pape · 365 U.S. 167 (1961)
• Cort v. Ash · 422 U.S. 66 (1975)
• Chapman v. Houston Welfare Rights Organization · 441 U.S. 600 (1979)
• General Building Contractors Assn., Inc. v. Pennsylvania · 458 U.S. 375 (1982)
• Sullivan v. Little Hunting Park, Inc. · 396 U.S. 229 (1969)
• Takahashi v. Fish & Game Commission · 334 U.S. 410 (1948)
• Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc. · 421 U.S. 454 (1975)
• Maine v. Thiboutot · 448 U.S. 1 (1980)
• Middlesex County Sewerage Authority v. National Sea Clammers Assn. · 453 U.S. 1 (1981)
• Mitchum v. Foster · 407 U.S. 225 (1972)
• National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. National Assn. of Railroad Passengers · 414 U.S. 453 (1974)
• Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · 403 U.S. 388 (1971)
• City of Canton v. Harris · 489 U.S. 378 (1989)
• United States v. Leon · 468 U.S. 897 (1984)
• Preiser v. Rodriguez · 411 U.S. 475 (1973)
• Allen v. McCurry · 449 U.S. 90 (1980)
• Bell v. Hood · 327 U.S. 678 (1946)
• City of Oklahoma v. Tuttle · 471 U.S. 808 (1985)
• Dandridge v. Williams · 397 U.S. 471 (1970)

Cited by

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

• Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. Brown · 520 U.S. 397 (1997)
• Comcast Corp. v. National Assn. of African-American Owned Media · 589 U.S. 327 (2020)
• McMillian v. Monroe County · 520 U.S. 781 (1997)
• Virginia v. Black · 538 U.S. 343 (2003)

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