Maness v. Meyers, Judge

Decided January 15, 1975. Warren Earl Burger delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 73-689 · 419 U.S. 449 (1975) · Cited 849 times

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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.

• Lefkowitz v. Turley · 414 U.S. 70 (1973)
• Kastigar v. United States · 406 U.S. 441 (1972)
• Boyd v. United States · 116 U.S. 616 (1886)
• United States v. Ryan · 402 U.S. 530 (1971)
• United States v. Blue · 384 U.S. 251 (1966)
• Miranda v. Arizona · 384 U.S. 436 (1966)
• Powell v. Alabama · 287 U.S. 45 (1932)
• Garrity v. New Jersey · 385 U.S. 493 (1967)
• Murphy v. Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor · 378 U.S. 52 (1964)
• Counselman v. Hitchcock · 142 U.S. 547 (1892)
• Gardner v. Broderick · 392 U.S. 273 (1968)
• McCarthy v. Arndstein · 266 U.S. 34 (1924)
• Malloy v. Hogan · 378 U.S. 1 (1964)
• Illinois v. Allen · 397 U.S. 337 (1970)
• United States v. United Mine Workers of America · 330 U.S. 258 (1947)
• Hoffman v. United States · 341 U.S. 479 (1951)
• Bram v. United States · 168 U.S. 532 (1897)
• Cobbledick v. United States · 309 U.S. 323 (1940)
• Rogers v. United States · 340 U.S. 367 (1951)
• Brown v. Walker · 161 U.S. 591 (1896)
• DiBella v. United States · 369 U.S. 121 (1962)
• Sacher v. United States · 343 U.S. 1 (1952)
• Uniformed Sanitation Men Ass'n v. Commissioner of Sanitation of New York · 392 U.S. 280 (1968)
• Carroll v. United States · 354 U.S. 394 (1957)
• Alexander v. United States · 201 U.S. 117 (1906)
• United States v. La Franca · 282 U.S. 568 (1931)
• In Re Little · 404 U.S. 553 (1972)
• Arndstein v. McCarthy · 254 U.S. 71 (1920)

Cited by

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

• Baxter v. Palmigiano · 425 U.S. 308 (1976)
• Pillsbury Co. v. Conboy · 459 U.S. 248 (1983)
• Garner v. United States · 424 U.S. 648 (1976)
• Behrens v. Pelletier · 516 U.S. 299 (1996)
• Minnesota v. Murphy · 465 U.S. 420 (1984)
• United States v. Balsys · 524 U.S. 666 (1998)
• Oregon v. Elstad · 470 U.S. 298 (1985)
• Estelle v. Williams · 425 U.S. 501 (1976)
• Estelle v. Smith · 451 U.S. 454 (1981)
• Fisher v. United States · 425 U.S. 391 (1976)
• United States v. Nobles · 422 U.S. 225 (1975)
• New York v. Quarles · 467 U.S. 649 (1984)
• Zurcher v. Stanford Daily · 436 U.S. 547 (1978)
• Chavez v. Martinez · 538 U.S. 760 (2003)
• United States v. Mandujano · 425 U.S. 564 (1976)
• Baltimore City Department of Social Services v. Bouknight · 493 U.S. 549 (1990)

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