McNeese et al. v. Board of Education for Community Unit School District 187, Cahokia, Illinois, et al.

Decided June 3, 1963. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 480 · 373 U.S. 668 (1963) · Cited 954 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

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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.

• Monroe v. Pape · 365 U.S. 167 (1961)
• Burford v. Sun Oil Co. · 319 U.S. 315 (1943)
• Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
• Lane v. Wilson · 307 U.S. 268 (1939)
• Pennsylvania v. Williams · 294 U.S. 176 (1935)
• United States Alkali Export Ass'n v. United States · 325 U.S. 196 (1945)
• Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co. · 312 U.S. 496 (1941)
• Kline v. Burke Construction Co. · 260 U.S. 226 (1922)
• Smith v. Allwright · 321 U.S. 649 (1944)
• Meredith v. Winter Haven · 320 U.S. 228 (1943)
• Thompson v. Magnolia Petroleum Co. · 309 U.S. 478 (1940)
• Township of Hillsborough v. Cromwell · 326 U.S. 620 (1946)
• Turner v. City of Memphis · 369 U.S. 350 (1962)
• United States Ex Rel. Greathouse v. Dern · 289 U.S. 352 (1933)

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• Damico v. California · 389 U.S. 416 (1967)
• Patsy v. Board of Regents of Fla. · 457 U.S. 496 (1982)
• Preiser v. Rodriguez · 411 U.S. 475 (1973)
• Zwickler v. Koota · 389 U.S. 241 (1967)
• Askew v. Hargrave · 401 U.S. 476 (1971)
• Gibson v. Berryhill · 411 U.S. 564 (1973)
• Knick v. Township of Scott · 588 U.S. 180 (2019)
• WILWORDING Et Al. v. SWENSON, WARDEN · 404 U.S. 249 (1971)
• Fair Assessment in Real Estate Assn., Inc. v. McNary · 454 U.S. 100 (1981)
• Wilson v. Garcia · 471 U.S. 261 (1985)
• McCarthy v. Madigan · 503 U.S. 140 (1992)
• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs. · 436 U.S. 658 (1978)
• Younger v. Harris · 401 U.S. 37 (1971)
• Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · 408 U.S. 564 (1972)
• Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp. · 460 U.S. 1 (1983)
• Hudson v. Palmer · 468 U.S. 517 (1984)
• Daniels v. Williams · 474 U.S. 327 (1986)
• Allen v. McCurry · 449 U.S. 90 (1980)
• Paul v. Davis · 424 U.S. 693 (1976)
• Steffel v. Thompson · 415 U.S. 452 (1974)
• Quackenbush v. Allstate Insurance · 517 U.S. 706 (1996)
• Owens v. Okure · 488 U.S. 235 (1989)
• New Orleans Public Service, Inc. v. Council of City of New Orleans · 491 U.S. 350 (1989)
• King v. Smith · 392 U.S. 309 (1968)
• Hicks v. Miranda · 422 U.S. 332 (1975)
• Perez v. Ledesma · 401 U.S. 82 (1971)
• Harman v. Forssenius · 380 U.S. 528 (1965)
• Allee v. Medrano · 416 U.S. 802 (1974)
• Burnett v. Grattan · 468 U.S. 42 (1984)
• Mayor of Philadelphia v. Educational Equality League · 415 U.S. 605 (1974)

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