Kesler v. Department of Public Safety of Utah

Decided March 26, 1962. Felix Frankfurter delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 14 · 369 U.S. 153 (1962) · Cited 158 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–3.

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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.

• Case v. Bowles · 327 U.S. 92 (1946)
• Reitz v. Mealey · 314 U.S. 33 (1941)
• Zavelo v. Reeves · 227 U.S. 625 (1913)
• Phillips v. United States · 312 U.S. 246 (1941)
• Ex Parte Bransford · 310 U.S. 354 (1940)
• Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · 331 U.S. 218 (1947)
• Gully v. First Nat. Bank in Meridian · 299 U.S. 109 (1936)
• Local Loan Co. v. Hunt · 292 U.S. 234 (1934)
• Munn v. Illinois · 94 U.S. 113 (1877)
• James v. United States · 366 U.S. 213 (1961)
• Tinker v. Colwell · 193 U.S. 473 (1904)
• Sola Electric Co. v. Jefferson Electric Co. · 317 U.S. 173 (1942)
• Napier v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad · 272 U.S. 605 (1926)
• Packard v. Banton · 264 U.S. 140 (1924)
• International Union, U. A. W. A., A. F. of L., Local 232 v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board · 336 U.S. 245 (1949)
• International Shoe Co. v. Pinkus · 278 U.S. 261 (1929)
• Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Jacobsen · 362 U.S. 73 (1960)
• Lemke v. Farmers Grain Co. of Embden · 258 U.S. 50 (1922)
• Cloverleaf Butter Co. v. Patterson, Commissioner of Agriculture & Industries · 315 U.S. 148 (1942)
• Stratton v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. · 282 U.S. 10 (1930)
• Toolson v. New York Yankees, Inc. · 346 U.S. 356 (1953)
• United States v. International Boxing Club of New York, Inc. · 348 U.S. 236 (1955)

Cited by

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

• Perez. v. Campbell · 402 U.S. 637 (1971)
• Swift & Co. v. Wickham · 382 U.S. 111 (1965)
• Payne v. Tennessee · 501 U.S. 808 (1991)
• Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. · 551 U.S. 449 (2007)
• North Dakota v. United States · 495 U.S. 423 (1990)
• Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena · 515 U.S. 200 (1995)
• Hamm v. City of Rock Hill · 379 U.S. 306 (1964)
• Gonzalez v. Automatic Employees Credit Union · 419 U.S. 90 (1974)
• Brown Shoe Co. v. United States · 370 U.S. 294 (1962)
• Foti v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 375 U.S. 217 (1963)
• Zschernig v. Miller · 389 U.S. 429 (1968)
• United States v. Vuitch · 402 U.S. 62 (1971)

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