Missouri et al. v. Jenkins et al.

Decided April 18, 1990. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 88-1150 · 495 U.S. 33 (1990) · Cited 304 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.

• Milliken v. Bradley · 433 U.S. 267 (1977)
• Griffin v. School Bd. of Prince Edward Cty. · 377 U.S. 218 (1964)
• Von Hoffman v. City of Quincy · 71 U.S. 535 (1867)
• Meriwether v. Garrett · 102 U.S. 472 (1880)
• Heine v. Levee Commissioners · 86 U.S. 655 (1874)
• Brown v. Board of Education · 349 U.S. 294 (1955)
• Wolff v. New Orleans · 103 U.S. 358 (1881)
• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · 411 U.S. 1 (1973)
• Missouri v. Jenkins Ex Rel. Agyei · 491 U.S. 274 (1989)
• Davis v. Michigan Department of the Treasury · 489 U.S. 803 (1989)
• Spallone v. United States · 493 U.S. 265 (1990)
• Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle · 429 U.S. 274 (1977)
• Reynolds v. Sims · 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
• Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education · 402 U.S. 1 (1971)
• Abood v. Detroit Board of Education · 431 U.S. 209 (1977)
• Langnes v. Green · 282 U.S. 531 (1931)
• Milliken v. Bradley · 418 U.S. 717 (1974)
• Whitcomb v. Chavis · 403 U.S. 124 (1971)
• Bi-Metallic Investment Co. v. State Board of Equalization · 239 U.S. 441 (1915)
• Pennsylvania v. Union Gas Co. · 491 U.S. 1 (1989)
• Jefferson v. Hackney · 406 U.S. 535 (1972)
• Washington v. Washington State Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Assn. · 443 U.S. 658 (1979)
• Cone v. West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co. · 330 U.S. 212 (1947)
• Dayton Board of Education v. Brinkman · 433 U.S. 406 (1977)
• Londoner v. City and County of Denver · 210 U.S. 373 (1908)
• Columbus Board of Education v. Penick · 443 U.S. 449 (1979)
• National Cable Television Assn., Inc. v. United States · 415 U.S. 336 (1974)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co. · 344 U.S. 206 (1952)
• North Carolina State Board of Education v. Swann · 402 U.S. 43 (1971)
• Wayne United Gas Co. v. Owens-Illinois Glass Co. · 300 U.S. 131 (1937)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Missouri v. Jenkins · 515 U.S. 70 (1995)
• Hibbs v. Winn · 542 U.S. 88 (2004)
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan v. Acevedo Feliciano · 589 U.S. 57 (2020)
• Rufo v. Inmates of Suffolk County Jail · 502 U.S. 367 (1992)
• Federal Election Commission v. NRA Political Victory Fund · 513 U.S. 88 (1994)
• Stone v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 514 U.S. 386 (1995)
• Henderson v. Shinseki · 562 U.S. 428 (2011)
• International Union, United Mine Workers v. Bagwell · 512 U.S. 821 (1994)
• Board of Ed. of Westside Community Schools (Dist. 66) v. Mergens · 496 U.S. 226 (1990)
• Board of Ed. of Oklahoma City Public Schools v. Dowell · 498 U.S. 237 (1991)
• United States v. Tohono O’odham Nation · 563 U.S. 307 (2011)
• Salazar v. Buono · 559 U.S. 700 (2010)
• Young v. Harper · 520 U.S. 143 (1997)

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