Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath, Attorney General, et al.

Decided April 30, 1951. Harold Hitz Burton delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 8 · 341 U.S. 123 (1951) · Cited 1,907 times

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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.

• Inland Empire District Council, Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union, Lewiston, Idaho v. Millis · 325 U.S. 697 (1945)
• Larson v. Domestic and Foreign Commerce Corp. · 337 U.S. 682 (1949)
• Truax v. Raich · 239 U.S. 33 (1915)
• United States v. Lovett · 328 U.S. 303 (1946)
• United States Ex Rel. Knauff v. Shaughnessy · 338 U.S. 537 (1950)
• Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. United States · 316 U.S. 407 (1942)
• Shields v. Utah Idaho Central Railroad · 305 U.S. 177 (1938)
• United States v. Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad · 273 U.S. 299 (1927)
• Aetna Life Insurance v. Haworth · 300 U.S. 227 (1937)
• In Re Oliver · 333 U.S. 257 (1948)
• McNabb v. United States · 318 U.S. 332 (1943)
• Massachusetts v. Mellon · 262 U.S. 447 (1923)
• United Public Workers of America v. Mitchell · 330 U.S. 75 (1947)
• American Communications Assn. v. Douds · 339 U.S. 382 (1950)
• Spalding v. Vilas · 161 U.S. 483 (1896)
• Keim v. United States · 177 U.S. 290 (1900)
• Bell v. Hood · 327 U.S. 678 (1946)
• Palko v. Connecticut · 302 U.S. 319 (1937)
• United States v. Chemical Foundation, Inc. · 272 U.S. 1 (1926)
• Chicago & Southern Air Lines, Inc. v. Waterman Steamship Corp. · 333 U.S. 103 (1948)
• Den Ex Dem. Murray v. Hoboken Land & Improvement Co. · 59 U.S. 272 (1856)
• Morgan v. United States · 304 U.S. 1 (1938)
• Schneiderman v. United States · 320 U.S. 118 (1943)
• Wong Yang Sung v. McGrath · 339 U.S. 33 (1950)
• Rochester Telephone Corp. v. United States · 307 U.S. 125 (1939)
• Ng Fung Ho v. White · 259 U.S. 276 (1922)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Sanders Bros. Radio Station · 309 U.S. 470 (1940)
• The Japanese Immigrant Case · 189 U.S. 86 (1903)
• Interstate Commerce Commission v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad · 227 U.S. 88 (1913)
• Philadelphia Co. v. Stimson · 223 U.S. 605 (1912)

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• Paul v. Davis · 424 U.S. 693 (1976)
• Hannah v. Larche · 363 U.S. 420 (1960)
• Goss v. Lopez · 419 U.S. 565 (1975)
• Jenkins v. McKeithen · 395 U.S. 411 (1969)
• Barsky v. Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York · 347 U.S. 442 (1954)
• Arnett v. Kennedy · 416 U.S. 134 (1974)
• Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · 408 U.S. 564 (1972)
• Communist Party of United States v. Subversive Activities Control Bd. · 367 U.S. 1 (1961)
• Lankford v. Idaho · 500 U.S. 110 (1991)
• Carey v. Piphus · 435 U.S. 247 (1978)
• Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional Complex · 442 U.S. 1 (1979)
• Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroy · 367 U.S. 886 (1961)
• Dombrowski v. Pfister · 380 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Kerry v. Din · 576 U.S. 86 (2015)
• Peters v. Hobby · 349 U.S. 331 (1955)
• Mathews v. Eldridge · 424 U.S. 319 (1976)
• Wolff v. McDonnell · 418 U.S. 539 (1974)
• Warth v. Seldin · 422 U.S. 490 (1975)
• Morrissey v. Brewer · 408 U.S. 471 (1972)
• Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · 454 U.S. 464 (1982)
• Ingraham v. Wright · 430 U.S. 651 (1977)
• Siegert v. Gilley · 500 U.S. 226 (1991)
• Raines v. Byrd · 521 U.S. 811 (1997)
• Regional Rail Reorganization Act Cases · 419 U.S. 102 (1974)
• Bantam Books, Inc. v. Sullivan · 372 U.S. 58 (1963)
• Smith v. Organization of Foster Families for Equality & Reform · 431 U.S. 816 (1977)
• Barrows v. Jackson · 346 U.S. 249 (1953)
• Codd v. Velger · 429 U.S. 624 (1977)
• Edwards v. Aguillard · 482 U.S. 578 (1987)
• Groppi v. Leslie · 404 U.S. 496 (1972)

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