Oestereich v. Selective Service System Local Board No. 11, Cheyenne, Wyoming, et al.

Decided December 16, 1968. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 46 · 393 U.S. 233 (1968) · Cited 498 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.

• Falbo v. United States · 320 U.S. 549 (1944)
• Estep v. United States · 327 U.S. 114 (1946)
• Witmer v. United States · 348 U.S. 375 (1955)
• Virginia v. Rives · 100 U.S. 313 (1880)
• Billings v. Truesdell · 321 U.S. 542 (1944)
• United States v. O'Brien · 391 U.S. 367 (1968)
• Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez · 372 U.S. 144 (1963)
• Freedman v. Maryland · 380 U.S. 51 (1965)
• Kwong Hai Chew v. Colding · 344 U.S. 590 (1953)
• United States v. Ewell · 383 U.S. 116 (1966)
• United States v. Chemical Foundation, Inc. · 272 U.S. 1 (1926)
• City of Greenwood v. Peacock · 384 U.S. 808 (1966)
• Georgia v. Rachel · 384 U.S. 780 (1966)
• Bowles v. Willingham · 321 U.S. 503 (1944)
• Reisman v. Caplin · 375 U.S. 440 (1964)
• Ewing v. Mytinger & Casselberry, Inc. · 339 U.S. 594 (1950)
• Opp Cotton Mills, Inc. v. Administrator of the Wage & Hour Division of the Department of Labor · 312 U.S. 126 (1941)
• United States v. Rumely · 345 U.S. 41 (1953)
• Londoner v. City and County of Denver · 210 U.S. 373 (1908)
• Aircraft & Diesel Equipment Corp. v. Hirsch · 331 U.S. 752 (1947)
• Public Util. Comm'n of Cal. v. United States · 355 U.S. 534 (1958)
• Chin Yow v. United States · 208 U.S. 8 (1908)
• Eagles v. United States Ex Rel. Samuels · 329 U.S. 304 (1946)
• Oklahoma Operating Co. v. Love · 252 U.S. 331 (1920)
• Clark v. Uebersee Finanz-Korp., AG · 332 U.S. 480 (1947)

Cited by

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

• Breen v. Selective Service Local Board No. 16 · 396 U.S. 460 (1970)
• McKart v. United States · 395 U.S. 185 (1969)
• Gutknecht v. United States · 396 U.S. 295 (1970)
• Reno v. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee · 525 U.S. 471 (1999)
• Weinberger v. Salfi · 422 U.S. 749 (1975)
• Thunder Basin Coal Co. v. Reich · 510 U.S. 200 (1994)
• Laird v. Tatum · 408 U.S. 1 (1972)
• Johnson v. Robison · 415 U.S. 361 (1974)
• Lynch v. Household Finance Corp. · 405 U.S. 538 (1972)
• Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Wichita Board of Trade · 412 U.S. 800 (1973)
• In Re Primus · 436 U.S. 412 (1978)
• McGee v. United States · 402 U.S. 479 (1971)
• Parisi v. Davidson · 405 U.S. 34 (1972)
• Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System v. MCorp Financial, Inc. · 502 U.S. 32 (1991)

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