Niemotko v. Maryland

Decided January 15, 1951. Frederick Moore Vinson delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 17 · 340 U.S. 268 (1951) · Cited 563 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.

• Haguer v. Committee for Industrial Organization · 307 U.S. 496 (1939)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444 (1938)
• Saia v. New York · 334 U.S. 558 (1948)
• Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington) · 308 U.S. 147 (1939)
• Cox v. New Hampshire · 312 U.S. 569 (1941)
• Watts v. Indiana · 338 U.S. 49 (1949)
• Davis v. Massachusetts · 167 U.S. 43 (1897)
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire · 315 U.S. 568 (1942)
• Prince v. Massachusetts · 321 U.S. 158 (1944)
• Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. Olson · 283 U.S. 697 (1931)
• Thomas v. Collins · 323 U.S. 516 (1945)
• Murdock v. Pennsylvania · 319 U.S. 105 (1943)
• Terminiello v. Chicago · 337 U.S. 1 (1949)
• Kovacs v. Cooper · 336 U.S. 77 (1949)
• Schenck v. United States · 249 U.S. 47 (1919)
• Marsh v. Alabama · 326 U.S. 501 (1946)
• Grosjean v. American Press Co. · 297 U.S. 233 (1936)
• Martin v. City of Struthers · 319 U.S. 141 (1943)
• Norris v. Alabama · 294 U.S. 587 (1935)
• Sproles v. Binford · 286 U.S. 374 (1932)
• Silver v. Silver · 280 U.S. 117 (1929)
• Baumgartner v. United States · 322 U.S. 665 (1944)
• Hughes v. Superior Court of Cal. for Contra Costa Cty. · 339 U.S. 460 (1950)
• Patsone v. Pennsylvania · 232 U.S. 138 (1914)
• Jamison v. Texas · 318 U.S. 413 (1943)
• Follett v. Town of McCormick · 321 U.S. 573 (1944)
• Jones v. Opelika · 316 U.S. 584 (1942)
• Largent v. Texas · 318 U.S. 418 (1943)
• Jones v. Opelika · 319 U.S. 103 (1943)

Cited by

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

• Perry Education Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'n · 460 U.S. 37 (1983)
• Police Dept. of Chicago v. Mosley · 408 U.S. 92 (1972)
• Cox v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 536 (1965)
• Widmar v. Vincent · 454 U.S. 263 (1981)
• Dennis v. United States · 341 U.S. 494 (1951)
• McGautha v. California · 402 U.S. 183 (1971)
• Forsyth County v. Nationalist Movement · 505 U.S. 123 (1992)
• Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Democratic National Committee · 412 U.S. 94 (1973)
• Thomas v. Chicago Park District · 534 U.S. 316 (2002)
• FW/PBS, Inc. v. City of Dallas · 493 U.S. 215 (1990)
• Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc. · 427 U.S. 50 (1976)
• Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham · 394 U.S. 147 (1969)
• City of Lakewood v. Plain Dealer Publishing Co. · 486 U.S. 750 (1988)
• Adderley v. Florida · 385 U.S. 39 (1966)
• Walker v. City of Birmingham · 388 U.S. 307 (1967)
• Staub v. City of Baxley · 355 U.S. 313 (1958)
• Feiner v. New York · 340 U.S. 315 (1951)
• Hoag v. New Jersey · 356 U.S. 464 (1958)
• Times Film Corp. v. City of Chicago · 365 U.S. 43 (1961)
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma · 413 U.S. 601 (1973)
• Ashe v. Swenson · 397 U.S. 436 (1970)
• Napue v. Illinois · 360 U.S. 264 (1959)
• Ward v. Rock Against Racism · 491 U.S. 781 (1989)
• R. A. v. v. City of St. Paul · 505 U.S. 377 (1992)
• City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc. · 475 U.S. 41 (1986)
• Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah · 508 U.S. 520 (1993)
• Shelton v. Tucker · 364 U.S. 479 (1960)
• Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
• Jacobellis v. Ohio · 378 U.S. 184 (1964)
• Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton · 413 U.S. 49 (1973)

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