Oregon v. Mitchell, Attorney General

Decided December 21, 1970. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 43 ORIG · 400 U.S. 112 (1970) · Cited 575 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.

• Katzenbach v. Morgan · 384 U.S. 641 (1966)
• United States v. Classic · 313 U.S. 299 (1941)
• Gaston County v. United States · 395 U.S. 285 (1969)
• Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections · 383 U.S. 663 (1966)
• Carrington v. Rash · 380 U.S. 89 (1965)
• South Carolina v. Katzenbach · 383 U.S. 301 (1966)
• Reynolds v. Sims · 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
• Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15 · 395 U.S. 621 (1969)
• Ex Parte Yarbrough · 110 U.S. 651 (1884)
• Shapiro v. Thompson · 394 U.S. 618 (1969)
• United States v. Guest · 383 U.S. 745 (1966)
• Lassiter v. Northampton County Board of Elections · 360 U.S. 45 (1959)
• Evans v. Cornman · 398 U.S. 419 (1970)
• Cipriano v. City of Houma · 395 U.S. 701 (1969)
• City of Phoenix v. Kolodziejski · 399 U.S. 204 (1970)
• Metropolitan Casualty Ins. Co. v. Brownell · 294 U.S. 580 (1935)
• Burroughs and Cannon v. United States · 290 U.S. 534 (1934)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• Minor v. Happersett · 88 U.S. 162 (1875)
• Wesberry v. Sanders · 376 U.S. 1 (1964)
• Williams v. Rhodes · 393 U.S. 23 (1968)
• Gray v. Sanders · 372 U.S. 368 (1963)
• Nixon v. Herndon · 273 U.S. 536 (1927)
• Paul v. Virginia · 75 U.S. 168 (1869)
• Kotch v. Board of River Port Pilot Comm'rs for Port of New Orleans · 330 U.S. 552 (1947)
• Pointer v. Texas · 380 U.S. 400 (1965)
• Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
• United States v. O'Brien · 391 U.S. 367 (1968)
• Powell v. McCormack · 395 U.S. 486 (1969)
• Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. Williamson · 316 U.S. 535 (1942)

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• Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Ariz., Inc. · 570 U.S. 1 (2013)
• City of Boerne v. Flores · 521 U.S. 507 (1997)
• City of Rome v. United States · 446 U.S. 156 (1980)
• Dunn v. Blumstein · 405 U.S. 330 (1972)
• Tashjian v. Republican Party of Connecticut · 479 U.S. 208 (1986)
• Fullilove v. Klutznick · 448 U.S. 448 (1980)
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Wyoming · 460 U.S. 226 (1983)
• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · 411 U.S. 1 (1973)
• Tennessee v. Lane · 541 U.S. 509 (2004)
• Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer · 427 U.S. 445 (1976)
• Attorney General of New York v. Soto-Lopez · 476 U.S. 898 (1986)
• O'BRIEN v. Brown · 409 U.S. 1 (1972)
• Evansville-Vanderburgh Airport Authority District v. Delta Airlines, Inc. · 405 U.S. 707 (1972)
• Griffin v. Breckenridge · 403 U.S. 88 (1971)
• Board of Trustees of Univ. of Ala. v. Garrett · 531 U.S. 356 (2001)
• Sosna v. Iowa · 419 U.S. 393 (1975)
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · 451 U.S. 1 (1981)
• Gregory v. Ashcroft · 501 U.S. 452 (1991)
• Memorial Hospital v. Maricopa County · 415 U.S. 250 (1974)
• Whitcomb v. Chavis · 403 U.S. 124 (1971)
• Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs · 538 U.S. 721 (2003)
• Sugarman v. Dougall · 413 U.S. 634 (1973)
• Richardson v. Ramirez · 418 U.S. 24 (1974)
• Palmer v. Thompson · 403 U.S. 217 (1971)
• Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee · 594 U.S. 647 (2021)
• Hudson v. Palmer · 468 U.S. 517 (1984)
• Furman v. Georgia · 408 U.S. 238 (1972)
• Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida · 517 U.S. 44 (1996)
• Anderson v. Celebrezze · 460 U.S. 780 (1983)
• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke · 438 U.S. 265 (1978)

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