Mills v. Alabama

Decided May 23, 1966. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 597 · 384 U.S. 214 (1966) · Cited 654 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Local No. 438 Construction & General Laborers' Union v. Curry · 371 U.S. 542 (1963)
• Mercantile Nat. Bank at Dallas v. Langdeau · 371 U.S. 555 (1963)
• Richfield Oil Corp. v. State Board of Equalization · 329 U.S. 69 (1946)
• Pope v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad · 345 U.S. 379 (1953)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• Dombrowski v. Pfister · 380 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444 (1938)
• Winters v. New York · 333 U.S. 507 (1948)
• Parr v. United States · 351 U.S. 513 (1956)
• Republic Natural Gas Co. v. Oklahoma · 334 U.S. 62 (1948)

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• Burson v. Freeman · 504 U.S. 191 (1992)
• Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn · 420 U.S. 469 (1975)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Houchins v. KQED, Inc. · 438 U.S. 1 (1978)
• Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo · 418 U.S. 241 (1974)
• Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. Myers · 461 U.S. 138 (1983)
• Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Democratic National Committee · 412 U.S. 94 (1973)
• North Dakota State Board of Pharmacy v. Snyder's Drug Stores, Inc. · 414 U.S. 156 (1973)
• Branzburg v. Hayes · 408 U.S. 665 (1972)
• First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Bellotti · 435 U.S. 765 (1978)
• Abood v. Detroit Board of Education · 431 U.S. 209 (1977)
• Organization for a Better Austin v. Keefe · 402 U.S. 415 (1971)
• Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC · 528 U.S. 377 (2000)
• Federal Communications Commission v. League of Women Voters of California · 468 U.S. 364 (1984)
• Austin v. Michigan State Chamber of Commerce · 494 U.S. 652 (1990)
• Brown v. Hartlage · 456 U.S. 45 (1982)
• Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · 418 U.S. 323 (1974)
• Pell v. Procunier · 417 U.S. 817 (1974)
• Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. · 425 U.S. 748 (1976)
• Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., Riverside Cty. · 464 U.S. 501 (1984)
• Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court, County of Norfolk · 457 U.S. 596 (1982)
• United States Civil Service Commission v. National Ass'n of Letter Carriers · 413 U.S. 548 (1973)
• Herbert v. Lando · 441 U.S. 153 (1979)
• Knox v. Service Employees International Union, Local 1000 · 567 U.S. 298 (2012)
• McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission · 514 U.S. 334 (1995)
• Zurcher v. Stanford Daily · 436 U.S. 547 (1978)
• Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. v. Greenmoss Builders, Inc. · 472 U.S. 749 (1985)
• Consolidated Edison Co. of New York v. Public Service Commission · 447 U.S. 530 (1980)
• Eu v. San Francisco County Democratic Central Committee · 489 U.S. 214 (1989)
• Lehman v. City of Shaker Heights · 418 U.S. 298 (1974)

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