McKart v. United States

Decided May 26, 1969. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 403 · 395 U.S. 185 (1969) · Cited 1,832 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

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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.

• Oestereich v. Selective Service System Local Board No. 11 · 393 U.S. 233 (1968)
• Falbo v. United States · 320 U.S. 549 (1944)
• Myers v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. · 303 U.S. 41 (1938)
• Estep v. United States · 327 U.S. 114 (1946)
• Udall v. Tallman · 380 U.S. 1 (1965)
• Yakus v. United States · 321 U.S. 414 (1944)
• Clark v. Gabriel · 393 U.S. 256 (1968)
• Norwegian Nitrogen Products Co. v. United States · 288 U.S. 294 (1933)
• Unemployment Compensation Comm'n of Alaska v. Aragon · 329 U.S. 143 (1946)
• Sunal v. Large · 332 U.S. 174 (1947)
• Cox v. United States · 332 U.S. 442 (1947)
• Billings v. Truesdell · 321 U.S. 542 (1944)

Cited by

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• McGee v. United States · 402 U.S. 479 (1971)
• Woodford v. Ngo · 548 U.S. 81 (2006)
• Patsy v. Board of Regents of Fla. · 457 U.S. 496 (1982)
• Gutknecht v. United States · 396 U.S. 295 (1970)
• Sims v. Apfel · 530 U.S. 103 (2000)
• McCarthy v. Madigan · 503 U.S. 140 (1992)
• Renegotiation Board v. Bannercraft Clothing Co. · 415 U.S. 1 (1974)
• Ross v. Blake · 578 U.S. 632 (2016)
• Weinberger v. Salfi · 422 U.S. 749 (1975)
• Parisi v. Davidson · 405 U.S. 34 (1972)
• BG Group, PLC v. Republic of Argentina · 572 U.S. 25 (2014)
• Kappos v. Hyatt · 566 U.S. 431 (2012)
• Moore v. City of East Cleveland · 431 U.S. 494 (1977)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Standard Oil Co. · 449 U.S. 232 (1980)
• Shalala v. Illinois Council on Long Term Care, Inc. · 529 U.S. 1 (2000)
• Fair Assessment in Real Estate Assn., Inc. v. McNary · 454 U.S. 100 (1981)
• United States v. Mendoza-Lopez · 481 U.S. 828 (1987)
• Mathews v. Eldridge · 424 U.S. 319 (1976)
• Bowen v. City of New York · 476 U.S. 467 (1986)
• Laird v. Tatum · 408 U.S. 1 (1972)
• Schlesinger v. Councilman · 420 U.S. 738 (1975)
• Coit Independence Joint Venture v. Federal Savings & Loan Insurance · 489 U.S. 561 (1989)
• United States v. Williams · 514 U.S. 527 (1995)
• Ricci v. Chicago Mercantile Exchange · 409 U.S. 289 (1973)

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