Otis McDonald, et al. v. City of Chicago, Illinois, et al.

Decided June 28, 2010. Samuel A. Alito Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 08-1521 · 561 U.S. 742 (2010) · Cited 2,024 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• District of Columbia v. Heller · 554 U.S. 570 (2008)
• Indiana v. Edwards · 554 U.S. 164 (2008)
• Washington v. Glucksberg · 521 U.S. 702 (1997)
• Duncan v. Louisiana · 391 U.S. 145 (1968)
• United States v. Cruikshank · 92 U.S. 542 (1876)
• Palko v. Connecticut · 302 U.S. 319 (1937)
• Lawrence v. Texas · 539 U.S. 558 (2003)
• Twining v. New Jersey · 211 U.S. 78 (1908)
• Mapp v. Ohio · 367 U.S. 643 (1961)
• Malloy v. Hogan · 378 U.S. 1 (1964)
• Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Collins v. City of Harker Heights · 503 U.S. 115 (1992)
• Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey · 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
• Barron Ex Rel. Tiernan v. Mayor of Baltimore · 32 U.S. 243 (1833)
• Adamson v. California · 332 U.S. 46 (1947)
• Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Chicago · 166 U.S. 226 (1897)
• Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow · 542 U.S. 1 (2004)
• Gideon v. Wainwright · 372 U.S. 335 (1963)
• Williams v. Florida · 399 U.S. 78 (1970)
• Wolf v. Colorado · 338 U.S. 25 (1949)
• Gitlow v. New York · 268 U.S. 652 (1925)
• Apodaca v. Oregon · 406 U.S. 404 (1972)
• Saenz v. Roe · 526 U.S. 489 (1999)
• Benton v. Maryland · 395 U.S. 784 (1969)
• Poe v. Ullman · 367 U.S. 497 (1961)
• Betts v. Brady · 316 U.S. 455 (1942)
• Johnson v. Louisiana · 406 U.S. 356 (1972)
• Miranda v. Arizona · 384 U.S. 436 (1966)
• Pointer v. Texas · 380 U.S. 400 (1965)
• Meyer v. Nebraska · 262 U.S. 390 (1923)

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• Ramos v. Louisiana · 590 U.S. 83 (2020)
• Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization · 597 U.S. 215 (2022)
• United States v. Rahimi · 602 U.S. 680 (2024)
• New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. City of New York · 590 U.S. 336 (2020)
• Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam · 591 U.S. 103 (2020)
• Voisine v. United States · 579 U.S. 686 (2016)
• Gamble v. United States · 587 U.S. 678 (2019)
• Johnson v. United States · 576 U.S. 591 (2015)
• Obergefell v. Hodges · 576 U.S. 644 (2015)
• Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Assn. · 575 U.S. 92 (2015)
• Gundy v. United States · 588 U.S. 128 (2019)
• Nelson v. Colorado · 581 U.S. 128 (2017)
• Garland v. Cargill · 602 U.S. 406 (2024)
• Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn. · 564 U.S. 786 (2011)
• Fulton v. Philadelphia · 593 U.S. 522 (2021)
• Mallory v. Norfolk Southern R. Co · 600 U.S. 122 (2023)
• Edwards v. Vannoy · 593 U.S. 255 (2021)
• United States v. Vaello Madero · 596 U.S. 159 (2022)
• Gutierrez v. Saenz · 606 U.S. 305 (2025)
• Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP · 602 U.S. 1 (2024)
• National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius · 567 U.S. 519 (2012)
• Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion Cty. v. Talevski · 599 U.S. 166 (2023)
• American Legion v. American Humanist Assn. · 588 U.S. 29 (2019)
• Mahanoy Area School Dist. v. B. L. · 594 U.S. 180 (2021)
• Shurtleff v. Boston · 596 U.S. 243 (2022)

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