Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis et al.

Decided June 12, 1972. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 70-75 · 407 U.S. 163 (1972) · Cited 1,122 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority · 365 U.S. 715 (1961)
• Flast v. Cohen · 392 U.S. 83 (1968)
• Peterson v. City of Greenville · 373 U.S. 244 (1963)
• Shelley v. Kraemer · 334 U.S. 1 (1948)
• Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · 398 U.S. 144 (1970)
• Sierra Club v. Morton · 405 U.S. 727 (1972)
• Evans v. Newton · 382 U.S. 296 (1966)
• Reitman v. Mulkey · 387 U.S. 369 (1967)
• Law Students Civil Rights Research Council, Inc. v. Wadmond · 401 U.S. 154 (1971)
• Evers v. Dwyer · 358 U.S. 202 (1958)
• Lombard v. Louisiana · 373 U.S. 267 (1963)
• Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · 397 U.S. 150 (1970)
• Strauder v. West Virginia · 100 U.S. 303 (1880)
• Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40 · 300 U.S. 515 (1937)
• Civil Rights Cases · 109 U.S. 3 (1883)
• Barrows v. Jackson · 346 U.S. 249 (1953)
• Public Utilities Commission v. Pollak · 343 U.S. 451 (1952)
• Doremus v. Board of Ed. of Hawthorne · 342 U.S. 429 (1952)
• Garner v. Louisiana · 368 U.S. 157 (1961)
• Hunter v. Erickson · 393 U.S. 385 (1969)
• McCabe v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. · 235 U.S. 151 (1914)
• Daniel v. Paul · 395 U.S. 298 (1969)
• Erie Railroad v. Williams · 233 U.S. 685 (1914)

Cited by

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• Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co. · 419 U.S. 345 (1974)
• Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Democratic National Committee · 412 U.S. 94 (1973)
• Gilmore v. City of Montgomery · 417 U.S. 556 (1974)
• San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc. v. United States Olympic Committee · 483 U.S. 522 (1987)
• Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck · 587 U.S. 802 (2019)
• Allen v. Wright · 468 U.S. 737 (1984)
• Flagg Bros., Inc. v. Brooks · 436 U.S. 149 (1978)
• Blum v. Yaretsky · 457 U.S. 991 (1982)
• United States v. Morrison · 529 U.S. 598 (2000)
• Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co. · 457 U.S. 922 (1982)
• Rendell-Baker v. Kohn · 457 U.S. 830 (1982)
• Brentwood Academy v. Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Assn. · 531 U.S. 288 (2001)
• Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co. · 500 U.S. 614 (1991)
• Runyon v. McCrary · 427 U.S. 160 (1976)
• Republican Party of Minnesota v. White · 536 U.S. 765 (2002)
• Roe v. Wade · 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• Polk County v. Dodson · 454 U.S. 312 (1981)
• American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance v. Sullivan · 526 U.S. 40 (1999)
• Craig v. Boren · 429 U.S. 190 (1976)
• United States Parole Commission v. Geraghty · 445 U.S. 388 (1980)
• Nordlinger v. Hahn · 505 U.S. 1 (1992)
• Smith v. Goguen · 415 U.S. 566 (1974)
• Regional Rail Reorganization Act Cases · 419 U.S. 102 (1974)
• Laird v. Tatum · 408 U.S. 1 (1972)
• Georgia v. McCollum · 505 U.S. 42 (1992)
• Abood v. Detroit Board of Education · 431 U.S. 209 (1977)
• Linda RS v. Richard D. · 410 U.S. 614 (1973)
• Carey v. Brown · 447 U.S. 455 (1980)
• United States v. Orleans · 425 U.S. 807 (1976)
• California v. LaRue · 409 U.S. 109 (1972)

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