Louisiana Ex Rel. Gremillion, Attorney General, et al. v. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People et al.

Decided May 22, 1961. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 294 · 366 U.S. 293 (1961) · Cited 142 times

We don’t yet publish a summary of this opinion — read the official text below for the Court’s holding and reasoning.

How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• Shelton v. Tucker · 364 U.S. 479 (1960)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Bates v. City of Little Rock · 361 U.S. 516 (1960)
• Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington) · 308 U.S. 147 (1939)
• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444 (1938)
• Winters v. New York · 333 U.S. 507 (1948)
• Tot v. United States · 319 U.S. 463 (1943)
• Talley v. California · 362 U.S. 60 (1960)

Cited by

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

• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• Malloy v. Hogan · 378 U.S. 1 (1964)
• Branzburg v. Hayes · 408 U.S. 665 (1972)
• Johnson v. Louisiana · 406 U.S. 356 (1972)
• Healy v. James · 408 U.S. 169 (1972)
• Aptheker v. Secretary of State · 378 U.S. 500 (1964)
• California Bankers Assn. v. Shultz · 416 U.S. 21 (1974)
• Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee · 372 U.S. 539 (1963)
• Gideon v. Wainwright · 372 U.S. 335 (1963)
• Pointer v. Texas · 380 U.S. 400 (1965)
• Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. Hayden · 387 U.S. 294 (1967)
• Williams v. Rhodes · 393 U.S. 23 (1968)
• Zwickler v. Koota · 389 U.S. 241 (1967)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Co. · 458 U.S. 886 (1982)
• Lopez v. United States · 373 U.S. 427 (1963)
• Zemel v. Rusk · 381 U.S. 1 (1965)
• Eastland v. United States Servicemen's Fund · 421 U.S. 491 (1975)
• Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Democratic National Committee · 412 U.S. 94 (1973)
• Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Virginia Ex Rel. Virginia State Bar · 377 U.S. 1 (1964)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Flowers · 377 U.S. 288 (1964)
• Elfbrandt v. Russell · 384 U.S. 11 (1966)
• Lathrop v. Donohue · 367 U.S. 820 (1961)
• Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta · 594 U.S. 595 (2021)

Official text

Read the official opinion (U.S. Reports, govinfo.gov)

Explore from here

William Orville Douglas’s profile · All Supreme Court opinions · The Supreme Court

Source: the U.S. Reports via govinfo.gov; authoring Justice and vote lineup from the Supreme Court Database (Washington University). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).