Mark E. Dennis v. Margaret L. Higgins, Director, Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles, et al.

Decided February 20, 1991. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 89-1555 · 498 U.S. 439 (1991) · Cited 452 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• Lynch v. Household Finance Corp. · 405 U.S. 538 (1972)
• Golden State Transit Corp. v. City of Los Angeles · 493 U.S. 103 (1989)
• McKesson Corp. v. Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, Fla. Dept. of Business Regulation · 496 U.S. 18 (1990)
• Boston Stock Exchange v. State Tax Commission · 429 U.S. 318 (1977)
• Morgan v. Virginia · 328 U.S. 373 (1946)
• Chapman v. Houston Welfare Rights Organization · 441 U.S. 600 (1979)
• H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. v. Du Mond · 336 U.S. 525 (1949)
• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs. · 436 U.S. 658 (1978)
• Wright v. City of Roanoke Redevelopment & Housing Authority · 479 U.S. 418 (1987)
• Crutcher v. Kentucky · 141 U.S. 47 (1891)
• Monroe v. Pape · 365 U.S. 167 (1961)
• Cort v. Ash · 422 U.S. 66 (1975)
• Clarke v. Securities Industry Assn. · 479 U.S. 388 (1987)
• Hughes v. Oklahoma · 441 U.S. 322 (1979)
• Davis v. Passman · 442 U.S. 228 (1979)
• Hines v. Davidowitz · 312 U.S. 52 (1941)
• Gibbons v. Ogden · 22 U.S. 1 (1824)
• Lewis v. Continental Bank Corp. · 494 U.S. 472 (1990)
• Haguer v. Committee for Industrial Organization · 307 U.S. 496 (1939)
• Maine v. Thiboutot · 448 U.S. 1 (1980)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · 451 U.S. 1 (1981)
• Garrity v. New Jersey · 385 U.S. 493 (1967)
• Wilder v. Virginia Hospital Assn. · 496 U.S. 498 (1990)
• Davis v. Michigan Department of the Treasury · 489 U.S. 803 (1989)
• United States v. Price · 383 U.S. 787 (1966)
• American Tobacco Co. v. Patterson · 456 U.S. 63 (1982)
• Fair Assessment in Real Estate Assn., Inc. v. McNary · 454 U.S. 100 (1981)
• Baldwin v. G. A. F. Seelig, Inc. · 294 U.S. 511 (1935)
• Alabama State Federation of Labor v. McAdory · 325 U.S. 450 (1945)

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• National Private Truck Council, Inc. v. Oklahoma Tax Comm'n · 515 U.S. 582 (1995)
• Vega v. Tekoh · 597 U.S. 134 (2022)
• Heck v. Humphrey · 512 U.S. 477 (1994)
• Bennett v. Spear · 520 U.S. 154 (1997)
• Freytag v. Commissioner · 501 U.S. 868 (1991)
• Livadas v. Bradshaw · 512 U.S. 107 (1994)
• Riggins v. Nevada · 504 U.S. 127 (1992)
• Suter v. Artist M. · 503 U.S. 347 (1992)
• Wyoming v. Oklahoma · 502 U.S. 437 (1992)
• Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority v. Citizens for the Abatement of Aircraft Noise, Inc. · 501 U.S. 252 (1991)
• Douglas v. Independent Living Center of Southern California, Inc. · 565 U.S. 606 (2012)

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