Moore v. City of East Cleveland, Ohio

Decided May 31, 1977. Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 75-6289 · 431 U.S. 494 (1977) · Cited 1,904 times

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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.

• Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. · 272 U.S. 365 (1926)
• Meyer v. Nebraska · 262 U.S. 390 (1923)
• Poe v. Ullman · 367 U.S. 497 (1961)
• Roe v. Wade · 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• Palko v. Connecticut · 302 U.S. 319 (1937)
• Nectow v. City of Cambridge · 277 U.S. 183 (1928)
• Prince v. Massachusetts · 321 U.S. 158 (1944)
• Stanley v. Illinois · 405 U.S. 645 (1972)
• Wisconsin v. Yoder · 406 U.S. 205 (1972)
• Eisenstadt v. Baird · 405 U.S. 438 (1972)
• Loving v. Virginia · 388 U.S. 1 (1967)
• Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. Williamson · 316 U.S. 535 (1942)
• Huffman v. Pursue, Ltd. · 420 U.S. 592 (1975)
• Lochner v. New York · 198 U.S. 45 (1905)
• Ginsberg v. New York · 390 U.S. 629 (1968)
• Ferguson v. Skrupa · 372 U.S. 726 (1963)
• Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur · 414 U.S. 632 (1974)
• Zahn v. Board of Public Works · 274 U.S. 325 (1927)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Bolling v. Sharpe · 347 U.S. 497 (1954)
• Reed v. Reed · 404 U.S. 71 (1971)
• Yakus v. United States · 321 U.S. 414 (1944)
• Nebbia v. New York · 291 U.S. 502 (1934)
• McKart v. United States · 395 U.S. 185 (1969)
• Munn v. Illinois · 94 U.S. 113 (1877)
• F. S. Royster Guano Co. v. Virginia · 253 U.S. 412 (1920)
• Whitney v. California · 274 U.S. 357 (1927)
• West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish · 300 U.S. 379 (1937)
• Schlesinger v. Councilman · 420 U.S. 738 (1975)

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• Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists · 476 U.S. 747 (1986)
• City of Edmonds v. Oxford House, Inc. · 514 U.S. 725 (1995)
• Dolan v. City of Tigard · 512 U.S. 374 (1994)
• Schad v. Borough of Mount Ephraim · 452 U.S. 61 (1981)
• Obergefell v. Hodges · 576 U.S. 644 (2015)
• Washington v. Glucksberg · 521 U.S. 702 (1997)
• Kerry v. Din · 576 U.S. 86 (2015)
• Hodgson v. Minnesota · 497 U.S. 417 (1990)
• Michael H. v. Gerald D. · 491 U.S. 110 (1989)
• H. L. v. Matheson · 450 U.S. 398 (1981)
• McDonald v. City of Chicago · 561 U.S. 742 (2010)
• City of Chicago v. Morales · 527 U.S. 41 (1999)
• Regents of the University of Michigan v. Ewing · 474 U.S. 214 (1985)
• Bowers v. Hardwick · 478 U.S. 186 (1986)
• Cruzan Ex Rel. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health · 497 U.S. 261 (1990)
• Bowen v. Gilliard · 483 U.S. 587 (1987)
• Troxel v. Granville · 530 U.S. 57 (2000)
• Lassiter v. Department of Social Servs. of Durham Cty. · 452 U.S. 18 (1981)
• Reno v. Flores · 507 U.S. 292 (1993)
• Zablocki v. Redhail · 434 U.S. 374 (1978)
• Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization · 597 U.S. 215 (2022)
• Philip Morris USA v. Williams · 549 U.S. 346 (2007)
• Albright v. Oliver · 510 U.S. 266 (1994)
• Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey · 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
• McCarthy v. Madigan · 503 U.S. 140 (1992)
• Nixon v. Administrator of General Services · 433 U.S. 425 (1977)
• Lehr v. Robertson · 463 U.S. 248 (1983)
• Bellotti v. Baird · 443 U.S. 622 (1979)
• Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC · 528 U.S. 377 (2000)
• Board of Directors of Rotary International v. Rotary Club of Duarte · 481 U.S. 537 (1987)

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