Kovacs v. Cooper, Judge

Decided January 31, 1949. Stanley Forman Reed delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 9 · 336 U.S. 77 (1949) · Cited 1,120 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.

• Saia v. New York · 334 U.S. 558 (1948)
• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444 (1938)
• Thomas v. Collins · 323 U.S. 516 (1945)
• Cox v. New Hampshire · 312 U.S. 569 (1941)
• Herndon v. Lowry · 301 U.S. 242 (1937)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington) · 308 U.S. 147 (1939)
• Murdock v. Pennsylvania · 319 U.S. 105 (1943)
• Winters v. New York · 333 U.S. 507 (1948)
• Whitney v. California · 274 U.S. 357 (1927)
• Prince v. Massachusetts · 321 U.S. 158 (1944)
• Martin v. City of Struthers · 319 U.S. 141 (1943)
• Cole v. Arkansas · 333 U.S. 196 (1948)
• Nixon v. Condon · 286 U.S. 73 (1932)
• Meyer v. Nebraska · 262 U.S. 390 (1923)
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire · 315 U.S. 568 (1942)
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette · 319 U.S. 624 (1943)
• Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88 (1940)
• Haguer v. Committee for Industrial Organization · 307 U.S. 496 (1939)
• Palko v. Connecticut · 302 U.S. 319 (1937)
• Nebbia v. New York · 291 U.S. 502 (1934)
• Reynolds v. United States · 98 U.S. 145 (1879)
• Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. Olson · 283 U.S. 697 (1931)
• Stromberg v. California · 283 U.S. 359 (1931)
• United States v. Darby · 312 U.S. 100 (1941)
• Schenck v. United States · 249 U.S. 47 (1919)
• Gitlow v. New York · 268 U.S. 652 (1925)
• Marsh v. Alabama · 326 U.S. 501 (1946)
• United States v. Carolene Products Co. · 304 U.S. 144 (1938)
• Grosjean v. American Press Co. · 297 U.S. 233 (1936)

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• City of Lakewood v. Plain Dealer Publishing Co. · 486 U.S. 750 (1988)
• Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego · 453 U.S. 490 (1981)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Ward v. Rock Against Racism · 491 U.S. 781 (1989)
• Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent · 466 U.S. 789 (1984)
• Frisby v. Schultz · 487 U.S. 474 (1988)
• Erznoznik v. City of Jacksonville · 422 U.S. 205 (1975)
• Consolidated Edison Co. of New York v. Public Service Commission · 447 U.S. 530 (1980)
• Kunz v. New York · 340 U.S. 290 (1951)
• Times Film Corp. v. City of Chicago · 365 U.S. 43 (1961)
• Dennis v. United States · 341 U.S. 494 (1951)
• Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. · 452 U.S. 640 (1981)
• Carey v. Brown · 447 U.S. 455 (1980)
• Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson · 343 U.S. 495 (1952)
• Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Democratic National Committee · 412 U.S. 94 (1973)
• Carlson v. Green · 446 U.S. 14 (1980)
• Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia · 448 U.S. 555 (1980)
• Cox v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 536 (1965)
• Hill v. Colorado · 530 U.S. 703 (2000)
• Schad v. Borough of Mount Ephraim · 452 U.S. 61 (1981)
• American Communications Assn. v. Douds · 339 U.S. 382 (1950)
• Breard v. Alexandria · 341 U.S. 622 (1951)
• Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal. · 366 U.S. 36 (1961)
• Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC · 528 U.S. 377 (2000)
• Linmark Associates, Inc. v. Township of Willingboro · 431 U.S. 85 (1977)
• Katz v. United States · 389 U.S. 347 (1967)
• Stanley v. Illinois · 405 U.S. 645 (1972)
• Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104 (1972)
• Lassiter v. Department of Social Servs. of Durham Cty. · 452 U.S. 18 (1981)

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