Offutt v. United States
Decided November 8, 1954. Felix Frankfurter delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 27 · 348 U.S. 11 (1954) · Cited 1,331 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–3.
Majority · 3
- Felix Frankfurter · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Earl Warren
- Tom C. Clark
Concurring · 2
- Hugo Lafayette Black · filed a concurring opinion
- William Orville Douglas · filed a concurring opinion
Dissenting · 3
- Harold Hitz Burton · filed a dissenting opinion
- Sherman Minton · filed a dissenting opinion
- Stanley Forman Reed · filed a dissenting opinion
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.
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.
- Cooke v. United States · 267 U.S. 517 (1925)
- Sacher v. United States · 343 U.S. 1 (1952)
- McNabb v. United States · 318 U.S. 332 (1943)
- Ex Parte Terry · 128 U.S. 289 (1888)
- United States v. Appalachian Electric Power Co. · 311 U.S. 377 (1941)
- Baumgartner v. United States · 322 U.S. 665 (1944)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Mayberry v. Pennsylvania · 400 U.S. 455 (1971)
- Taylor v. Hayes · 418 U.S. 488 (1974)
- Levine v. United States · 362 U.S. 610 (1960)
- Brown v. United States · 359 U.S. 41 (1959)
- In Re Murchison. · 349 U.S. 133 (1955)
- Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia · 448 U.S. 555 (1980)
- Ungar v. Sarafite · 376 U.S. 575 (1964)
- Young v. United States Ex Rel. Vuitton Et Fils S. A. · 481 U.S. 787 (1987)
- In Re McConnell · 370 U.S. 230 (1962)
- United States v. Barnett · 376 U.S. 681 (1964)
- Richardson v. Perales · 402 U.S. 389 (1971)
- United States v. Leon · 468 U.S. 897 (1984)
- Liteky v. United States · 510 U.S. 540 (1994)
- Estes v. Texas · 381 U.S. 532 (1965)
- Regents of the University of California v. Bakke · 438 U.S. 265 (1978)
- Mickens v. Taylor · 535 U.S. 162 (2002)
- Gannett Co. v. DePasquale · 443 U.S. 368 (1979)
- Bloom v. Illinois · 391 U.S. 194 (1968)
- Brown v. United States · 356 U.S. 148 (1958)
- Standefer v. United States · 447 U.S. 10 (1980)
- Marshall v. Jerrico, Inc. · 446 U.S. 238 (1980)
- Republican Party of Minnesota v. White · 536 U.S. 765 (2002)
- Schweiker v. McClure · 456 U.S. 188 (1982)
- Cheff v. Schnackenberg · 384 U.S. 373 (1966)
- Green v. United States · 356 U.S. 165 (1958)
- Codispoti v. Pennsylvania · 418 U.S. 506 (1974)
- Harris v. United States · 382 U.S. 162 (1965)
- Cascade Natural Gas Corp. v. El Paso Natural Gas Co. · 386 U.S. 129 (1967)
- Yates v. United States · 355 U.S. 66 (1957)
- Piemonte v. United States · 367 U.S. 556 (1961)
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