Lathrop v. Donohue

Decided June 19, 1961. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 200 · 367 U.S. 820 (1961) · Cited 229 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.

• Railway Employes' Department v. Hanson · 351 U.S. 225 (1956)
• Cohen v. Hurley · 366 U.S. 117 (1961)
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette · 319 U.S. 624 (1943)
• Hamilton v. Regents of the University of California · 293 U.S. 245 (1934)
• Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal. · 366 U.S. 36 (1961)
• Barenblatt v. United States · 360 U.S. 109 (1959)
• A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States · 295 U.S. 495 (1935)
• American Communications Assn. v. Douds · 339 U.S. 382 (1950)
• United States v. International Union United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers · 352 U.S. 567 (1957)
• Griffin v. Illinois · 351 U.S. 12 (1956)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire · 315 U.S. 568 (1942)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Shelton v. Tucker · 364 U.S. 479 (1960)
• Dennis v. United States · 341 U.S. 494 (1951)
• Tot v. United States · 319 U.S. 463 (1943)
• Giboney v. Empire Storage & Ice Co. · 336 U.S. 490 (1949)
• Jamison v. Texas · 318 U.S. 413 (1943)
• Brown v. Western R. Co. of Ala. · 338 U.S. 294 (1949)
• Louisiana Ex Rel. Gremillion v. National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People · 366 U.S. 293 (1961)

Cited by

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

• Keller v. State Bar of California · 496 U.S. 1 (1990)
• Abood v. Detroit Board of Education · 431 U.S. 209 (1977)
• Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employes v. Allen · 373 U.S. 113 (1963)
• District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman · 460 U.S. 462 (1983)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Bates v. State Bar of Arizona · 433 U.S. 350 (1977)
• Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar · 421 U.S. 773 (1975)
• United Mine Workers v. Illinois State Bar Ass'n · 389 U.S. 217 (1967)

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