Monroe et al. v. Pape et al.

Decided February 20, 1961. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 39 · 365 U.S. 167 (1961) · Cited 4,784 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.

• Screws v. United States · 325 U.S. 91 (1945)
• United States v. Classic · 313 U.S. 299 (1941)
• Wolf v. Colorado · 338 U.S. 25 (1949)
• Civil Rights Cases · 109 U.S. 3 (1883)
• Haguer v. Committee for Industrial Organization · 307 U.S. 496 (1939)
• Douglas v. City of Jeannette · 319 U.S. 157 (1943)
• Hurn v. Oursler · 289 U.S. 238 (1933)
• Ex Parte Virginia · 100 U.S. 339 (1880)
• Lane v. Wilson · 307 U.S. 268 (1939)
• May v. Heiner · 281 U.S. 238 (1930)
• Home Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of Los Angeles · 227 U.S. 278 (1913)
• Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Browning · 310 U.S. 362 (1940)
• Palko v. Connecticut · 302 U.S. 319 (1937)
• Snowden v. Hughes · 321 U.S. 1 (1944)
• United States v. Cruikshank · 92 U.S. 542 (1876)
• Smith v. Allwright · 321 U.S. 649 (1944)
• Ex Parte Yarbrough · 110 U.S. 651 (1884)
• Williams v. United States · 341 U.S. 97 (1951)
• Collins v. Hardyman · 341 U.S. 651 (1951)
• Guinn v. United States · 238 U.S. 347 (1915)
• Gibbs v. Burke · 337 U.S. 773 (1949)
• United States v. Williams · 341 U.S. 70 (1951)
• Barney v. City of New York · 193 U.S. 430 (1904)
• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins · 304 U.S. 64 (1938)
• Powell v. Alabama · 287 U.S. 45 (1932)
• Bell v. Hood · 327 U.S. 678 (1946)
• Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co. · 312 U.S. 496 (1941)
• Rochin v. California · 342 U.S. 165 (1952)
• United States v. United Mine Workers of America · 330 U.S. 258 (1947)
• Snyder v. Massachusetts · 291 U.S. 97 (1934)

Cited by

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• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs. · 436 U.S. 658 (1978)
• Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · 398 U.S. 144 (1970)
• Allen v. McCurry · 449 U.S. 90 (1980)
• City of Oklahoma v. Tuttle · 471 U.S. 808 (1985)
• Moor v. County of Alameda · 411 U.S. 693 (1973)
• Owen v. City of Independence · 445 U.S. 622 (1980)
• City of Kenosha v. Bruno · 412 U.S. 507 (1973)
• Zinermon v. Burch · 494 U.S. 113 (1990)
• Aldinger v. Howard · 427 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Maine v. Thiboutot · 448 U.S. 1 (1980)
• Nieves v. Bartlett · 587 U.S. 391 (2019)
• McNeese v. Board of Education for Community Unit School District 187 Cahokia · 373 U.S. 668 (1963)
• Scheuer v. Rhodes · 416 U.S. 232 (1974)
• Preiser v. Rodriguez · 411 U.S. 475 (1973)
• Paul v. Davis · 424 U.S. 693 (1976)
• Pierson v. Ray · 386 U.S. 547 (1967)
• Will v. Michigan Department of State Police · 491 U.S. 58 (1989)
• Parratt v. Taylor · 451 U.S. 527 (1981)
• Wilson v. Garcia · 471 U.S. 261 (1985)
• Quern v. Jordan · 440 U.S. 332 (1979)
• Crawford-El v. Britton · 523 U.S. 574 (1998)
• Hutto v. Finney · 437 U.S. 678 (1978)
• Chapman v. Houston Welfare Rights Organization · 441 U.S. 600 (1979)
• Fair Assessment in Real Estate Assn., Inc. v. McNary · 454 U.S. 100 (1981)
• Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co. · 457 U.S. 922 (1982)
• Huffman v. Pursue, Ltd. · 420 U.S. 592 (1975)
• Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NY v. Tomanio · 446 U.S. 478 (1980)
• Johnson v. Transportation Agency, Santa Clara Cty. · 480 U.S. 616 (1987)
• Damico v. California · 389 U.S. 416 (1967)
• Albright v. Oliver · 510 U.S. 266 (1994)

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