Jones, Secretary, Department of Correction of North Carolina, et al. v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union, Inc.

Decided June 23, 1977. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 75-1874 · 433 U.S. 119 (1977) · Cited 1,564 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• Procunier v. Martinez · 416 U.S. 396 (1974)
• Pell v. Procunier · 417 U.S. 817 (1974)
• Wolff v. McDonnell · 418 U.S. 539 (1974)
• Johnson v. Avery · 393 U.S. 483 (1969)
• Bounds v. Smith · 430 U.S. 817 (1977)
• Greer v. Spock · 424 U.S. 828 (1976)
• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District · 393 U.S. 503 (1969)
• Cruz v. Beto · 405 U.S. 319 (1972)
• Healy v. James · 408 U.S. 169 (1972)
• Lee v. Washington · 390 U.S. 333 (1968)
• Saxbe v. Washington Post Co. · 417 U.S. 843 (1974)
• Skidmore v. Swift & Co. · 323 U.S. 134 (1944)
• Meachum v. Fano · 427 U.S. 215 (1976)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Freedman v. Maryland · 380 U.S. 51 (1965)
• Cox v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 536 (1965)
• Price v. Johnston · 334 U.S. 266 (1948)
• Murdock v. Pennsylvania · 319 U.S. 105 (1943)
• Terminiello v. Chicago · 337 U.S. 1 (1949)
• General Electric Co. v. Gilbert · 429 U.S. 125 (1976)
• Whitney v. California · 274 U.S. 357 (1927)
• Edwards v. South Carolina · 372 U.S. 229 (1963)
• Grosjean v. American Press Co. · 297 U.S. 233 (1936)
• Kusper v. Pontikes · 414 U.S. 51 (1973)
• Lanza v. New York · 370 U.S. 139 (1962)

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• Bell v. Wolfish · 441 U.S. 520 (1979)
• Thornburgh v. Abbott · 490 U.S. 401 (1989)
• Turner v. Safley · 482 U.S. 78 (1987)
• United States Postal Service v. Council of Greenburgh Civic Associations · 453 U.S. 114 (1981)
• Perry Education Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'n · 460 U.S. 37 (1983)
• O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz · 482 U.S. 342 (1987)
• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission · 558 U.S. 310 (2010)
• Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. · 473 U.S. 788 (1985)
• Overton v. Bazzetta · 539 U.S. 126 (2003)
• Johnson v. California · 543 U.S. 499 (2005)
• Rhodes v. Chapman · 452 U.S. 337 (1981)
• Hughes v. Rowe · 449 U.S. 5 (1980)
• Sandin v. Conner · 515 U.S. 472 (1995)
• Lewis v. Casey · 518 U.S. 343 (1996)
• Shaw v. Murphy · 532 U.S. 223 (2001)
• Hudson v. Palmer · 468 U.S. 517 (1984)
• Whitley v. Albers · 475 U.S. 312 (1986)
• Hewitt v. Helms · 459 U.S. 460 (1983)
• Washington v. Harper · 494 U.S. 210 (1990)
• United States v. Bailey · 444 U.S. 394 (1980)
• Cleavinger v. Saxner · 474 U.S. 193 (1985)
• United States v. Abel · 469 U.S. 45 (1984)
• Arcara v. Cloud Books, Inc. · 478 U.S. 697 (1986)

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