Kunz v. New York

Decided January 15, 1951. Frederick Moore Vinson delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 50 · 340 U.S. 290 (1951) · Cited 517 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

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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.

• Kovacs v. Cooper · 336 U.S. 77 (1949)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• Saia v. New York · 334 U.S. 558 (1948)
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire · 315 U.S. 568 (1942)
• Haguer v. Committee for Industrial Organization · 307 U.S. 496 (1939)
• Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. Olson · 283 U.S. 697 (1931)
• Schenck v. United States · 249 U.S. 47 (1919)
• Cox v. New Hampshire · 312 U.S. 569 (1941)
• Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88 (1940)
• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444 (1938)
• United States v. Petrillo · 332 U.S. 1 (1947)
• Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 297 U.S. 288 (1936)
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette · 319 U.S. 624 (1943)
• Terminiello v. Chicago · 337 U.S. 1 (1949)
• American Communications Assn. v. Douds · 339 U.S. 382 (1950)
• Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. New York · 336 U.S. 106 (1949)
• Illinois Ex Rel. McCollum v. Board of Ed. of School Dist. No. 71, Champaign Cty. · 333 U.S. 203 (1948)
• Robertson v. Baldwin · 165 U.S. 275 (1897)
• Frohwerk v. United States · 249 U.S. 204 (1919)
• Minersville School District v. Gobitis · 310 U.S. 586 (1940)
• Jones v. Opelika · 316 U.S. 584 (1942)
• Largent v. Texas · 318 U.S. 418 (1943)
• Jones v. Opelika · 319 U.S. 103 (1943)
• Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. Cheek · 259 U.S. 530 (1922)

Cited by

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

• Times Film Corp. v. City of Chicago · 365 U.S. 43 (1961)
• Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104 (1972)
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma · 413 U.S. 601 (1973)
• City of Lakewood v. Plain Dealer Publishing Co. · 486 U.S. 750 (1988)
• FW/PBS, Inc. v. City of Dallas · 493 U.S. 215 (1990)
• Shelton v. Tucker · 364 U.S. 479 (1960)
• Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc. · 427 U.S. 50 (1976)
• Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham · 394 U.S. 147 (1969)
• Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson · 343 U.S. 495 (1952)
• Walker v. City of Birmingham · 388 U.S. 307 (1967)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Flowers · 377 U.S. 288 (1964)
• Poulos v. New Hampshire · 345 U.S. 395 (1953)
• Feiner v. New York · 340 U.S. 315 (1951)
• McDaniel v. Paty · 435 U.S. 618 (1978)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission · 447 U.S. 557 (1980)
• Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent · 466 U.S. 789 (1984)
• Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
• Cox v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 536 (1965)
• Coates v. City of Cincinnati · 402 U.S. 611 (1971)
• Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. · 452 U.S. 640 (1981)
• Southeastern Promotions, Ltd. v. Conrad · 420 U.S. 546 (1975)
• Dennis v. United States · 341 U.S. 494 (1951)
• Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego · 453 U.S. 490 (1981)
• Bantam Books, Inc. v. Sullivan · 372 U.S. 58 (1963)
• Ohralik v. Ohio State Bar Assn. · 436 U.S. 447 (1978)
• United States v. Grace · 461 U.S. 171 (1983)
• Adderley v. Florida · 385 U.S. 39 (1966)
• Zemel v. Rusk · 381 U.S. 1 (1965)

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