Marcello v. Bonds, Officer in Charge, Immigration and Naturalization Service
Decided May 31, 1955. Tom C. Clark delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 145 · 349 U.S. 302 (1955) · Cited 358 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–3.
Majority · 5
- Tom C. Clark · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Earl Warren
- Harold Hitz Burton
- Sherman Minton
- Stanley Forman Reed
Dissenting · 3
- Felix Frankfurter
- Hugo Lafayette Black · filed a dissenting opinion
- William Orville Douglas · filed a dissenting opinion
“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.
- Wong Yang Sung v. McGrath · 339 U.S. 33 (1950)
- Johannessen v. United States · 225 U.S. 227 (1912)
- Harisiades v. Shaughnessy · 342 U.S. 580 (1952)
- Mahler v. Eby · 264 U.S. 32 (1924)
- Calder v. Bull · 3 U.S. 386 (1798)
- United States Ex Rel. Accardi v. Shaughnessy · 347 U.S. 260 (1954)
- Ogden v. Saunders · 25 U.S. 213 (1827)
- Ex Parte Garland · 71 U.S. 333 (1867)
- Bridges v. Wixon · 326 U.S. 135 (1945)
- Galvan v. Press · 347 U.S. 522 (1954)
- Ng Fung Ho v. White · 259 U.S. 276 (1922)
- The Japanese Immigrant Case · 189 U.S. 86 (1903)
- Shaughnessy v. Pedreiro · 349 U.S. 48 (1955)
- Delgadillo v. Carmichael · 332 U.S. 388 (1947)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Ardestani v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 502 U.S. 129 (1991)
- Lockhart v. United States · 546 U.S. 142 (2005)
- Dorsey v. United States · 567 U.S. 260 (2012)
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Doherty · 502 U.S. 314 (1992)
- Woodby v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 385 U.S. 276 (1966)
- Jay v. Boyd · 351 U.S. 345 (1956)
- Brownell v. Tom We Shung · 352 U.S. 180 (1956)
- Costello v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 376 U.S. 120 (1964)
Official text
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