Konigsberg v. State Bar of California et al.

Decided May 6, 1957. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 5 · 353 U.S. 252 (1957) · Cited 333 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.

• Wieman v. Updegraff · 344 U.S. 183 (1952)
• Cammer v. United States · 350 U.S. 399 (1956)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette · 319 U.S. 624 (1943)
• Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath · 341 U.S. 123 (1951)
• Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. Olson · 283 U.S. 697 (1931)
• Thomas v. Collins · 323 U.S. 516 (1945)
• Whitney v. California · 274 U.S. 357 (1927)
• Jordan v. De George · 341 U.S. 223 (1951)
• Bridges v. California · 314 U.S. 252 (1941)
• De Jonge v. Oregon · 299 U.S. 353 (1937)
• Ex Parte Garland · 71 U.S. 333 (1867)
• Cole v. Arkansas · 333 U.S. 196 (1948)
• Slochower v. Board of Higher Ed. of New York City · 350 U.S. 551 (1956)
• Schneiderman v. United States · 320 U.S. 118 (1943)
• Ullmann v. United States · 350 U.S. 422 (1956)
• Healy v. Ratta · 292 U.S. 263 (1934)
• United States v. Rumely · 345 U.S. 41 (1953)
• Frost & Frost Trucking Co. v. Railroad Comm'n of Cal. · 271 U.S. 583 (1926)
• Hammond Packing Co. v. Arkansas · 212 U.S. 322 (1909)
• Garner v. Board of Public Works of Los Angeles · 341 U.S. 716 (1951)
• Skiriotes v. Florida · 313 U.S. 69 (1941)
• Jones v. Opelika · 316 U.S. 584 (1942)
• Minnesota v. National Tea Co. · 309 U.S. 551 (1940)
• New York Ex Rel. Bryant v. Zimmerman · 278 U.S. 63 (1928)
• Jones v. Opelika · 319 U.S. 103 (1943)
• Rogers v. Alabama · 192 U.S. 226 (1904)

Cited by

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

• Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal. · 366 U.S. 36 (1961)
• Cohen v. Hurley · 366 U.S. 117 (1961)
• City of Mesquite v. Aladdin's Castle, Inc. · 455 U.S. 283 (1982)
• Baird v. State Bar of Arizona · 401 U.S. 1 (1971)
• Beilan v. Board of Public Ed., School Dist. of Philadelphia · 357 U.S. 399 (1958)
• District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman · 460 U.S. 462 (1983)
• Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional Complex · 442 U.S. 1 (1979)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• DeFunis v. Odegaard · 416 U.S. 312 (1974)
• California v. LaRue · 409 U.S. 109 (1972)
• Namet v. United States · 373 U.S. 179 (1963)
• Leis v. Flynt · 439 U.S. 438 (1979)
• Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Virginia Ex Rel. Virginia State Bar · 377 U.S. 1 (1964)
• Theard v. United States · 354 U.S. 278 (1957)

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