Kastigar et al. v. United States

Decided May 22, 1972. Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 70-117 · 406 U.S. 441 (1972) · Cited 2,510 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–2.

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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.

• Murphy v. Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor · 378 U.S. 52 (1964)
• Counselman v. Hitchcock · 142 U.S. 547 (1892)
• Brown v. Walker · 161 U.S. 591 (1896)
• Ullmann v. United States · 350 U.S. 422 (1956)
• Albertson v. Subversive Activities Control Board · 382 U.S. 70 (1965)
• McCarthy v. Arndstein · 266 U.S. 34 (1924)
• Arndstein v. McCarthy · 254 U.S. 71 (1920)
• Adams v. Maryland · 347 U.S. 179 (1954)
• Malloy v. Hogan · 378 U.S. 1 (1964)
• Gardner v. Broderick · 392 U.S. 273 (1968)
• Jackson v. Denno · 378 U.S. 368 (1964)
• Boyd v. United States · 116 U.S. 616 (1886)
• United States v. Monia · 317 U.S. 424 (1943)
• Smith v. United States · 337 U.S. 137 (1949)
• Miranda v. Arizona · 384 U.S. 436 (1966)
• Chapman v. California · 386 U.S. 18 (1967)
• Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · 403 U.S. 388 (1971)
• Giglio v. United States · 405 U.S. 150 (1972)
• Santobello v. New York · 404 U.S. 257 (1971)
• Hoffman v. United States · 341 U.S. 479 (1951)
• Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
• Bram v. United States · 168 U.S. 532 (1897)
• Spano v. New York · 360 U.S. 315 (1959)
• United States v. Freed · 401 U.S. 601 (1971)
• Shapiro v. United States · 335 U.S. 1 (1948)
• California v. Byers · 402 U.S. 424 (1971)
• Heike v. United States · 227 U.S. 131 (1913)
• United States v. Murdock · 284 U.S. 141 (1931)
• Feldman v. United States · 322 U.S. 487 (1944)
• Blau v. United States · 340 U.S. 159 (1950)

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• Pillsbury Co. v. Conboy · 459 U.S. 248 (1983)
• Chavez v. Martinez · 538 U.S. 760 (2003)
• United States v. Apfelbaum · 445 U.S. 115 (1980)
• United States v. Hubbell · 530 U.S. 27 (2000)
• Salinas v. Texas · 570 U.S. 178 (2013)
• Maness v. Meyers · 419 U.S. 449 (1975)
• New Jersey v. Portash · 440 U.S. 450 (1979)
• United States v. Balsys · 524 U.S. 666 (1998)
• McKune v. Lile · 536 U.S. 24 (2002)
• Doe v. United States · 487 U.S. 201 (1988)
• Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial Dist. Court of Nev., Humboldt Cty. · 542 U.S. 177 (2004)
• Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. · 551 U.S. 449 (2007)
• Lefkowitz v. Cunningham · 431 U.S. 801 (1977)
• United States v. Mandujano · 425 U.S. 564 (1976)
• Nix v. Williams · 467 U.S. 431 (1984)
• Oregon v. Elstad · 470 U.S. 298 (1985)
• Baxter v. Palmigiano · 425 U.S. 308 (1976)
• New York v. Quarles · 467 U.S. 649 (1984)
• Lefkowitz v. Turley · 414 U.S. 70 (1973)
• Lee v. Illinois · 476 U.S. 530 (1986)
• California Bankers Assn. v. Shultz · 416 U.S. 21 (1974)
• United States v. Patane · 542 U.S. 630 (2004)
• Garner v. United States · 424 U.S. 648 (1976)
• Braswell v. United States · 487 U.S. 99 (1988)
• United States v. Calandra · 414 U.S. 338 (1974)
• Fisher v. United States · 425 U.S. 391 (1976)
• Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah · 508 U.S. 520 (1993)
• United States v. Nobles · 422 U.S. 225 (1975)
• Minnesota v. Murphy · 465 U.S. 420 (1984)
• Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc. · 427 U.S. 50 (1976)

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