Papachristou et al. v. City of Jacksonville

Decided February 24, 1972. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 70-5030 · 405 U.S. 156 (1972) · Cited 1,862 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–0.

“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.

• Lanzetta v. New Jersey · 306 U.S. 451 (1939)
• Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88 (1940)
• Edwards v. California · 314 U.S. 160 (1941)
• Johnson v. United States · 333 U.S. 10 (1948)
• Connally v. General Construction Co. · 269 U.S. 385 (1926)
• Screws v. United States · 325 U.S. 91 (1945)
• Whiteley v. Warden, Wyoming State Penitentiary · 401 U.S. 560 (1971)
• United States v. Harriss · 347 U.S. 612 (1954)
• Winters v. New York · 333 U.S. 507 (1948)
• United States v. National Dairy Products Corp. · 372 U.S. 29 (1963)
• United States v. Petrillo · 332 U.S. 1 (1947)
• Boyce Motor Lines, Inc. v. United States · 342 U.S. 337 (1952)
• United States v. REESE · 92 U.S. 214 (1876)
• Herndon v. Lowry · 301 U.S. 242 (1937)
• Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham · 382 U.S. 87 (1965)
• Cline v. Frink Dairy Co. · 274 U.S. 445 (1927)

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• City of Chicago v. Morales · 527 U.S. 41 (1999)
• Stone v. Powell · 428 U.S. 465 (1976)
• Kolender v. Lawson · 461 U.S. 352 (1983)
• Johnson v. United States · 576 U.S. 591 (2015)
• Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc. · 455 U.S. 489 (1982)
• Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial Dist. Court of Nev., Humboldt Cty. · 542 U.S. 177 (2004)
• Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104 (1972)
• Parker v. Levy · 417 U.S. 733 (1974)
• Smith v. Goguen · 415 U.S. 566 (1974)
• City of Mesquite v. Aladdin's Castle, Inc. · 455 U.S. 283 (1982)
• Colautti v. Franklin · 439 U.S. 379 (1979)
• Osborne v. Ohio · 495 U.S. 103 (1990)
• Schall v. Martin · 467 U.S. 253 (1984)
• Trump v. CASA, Inc. · 606 U.S. 831 (2025)
• Jackson v. Virginia · 443 U.S. 307 (1979)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• United States v. Batchelder · 442 U.S. 114 (1979)
• Doe v. Bolton · 410 U.S. 179 (1973)
• City of Houston v. Hill · 482 U.S. 451 (1987)
• Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton · 413 U.S. 49 (1973)
• Sessions v. Dimaya · 584 U.S. 148 (2018)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. · 567 U.S. 239 (2012)
• Clark v. Martinez · 543 U.S. 371 (2005)
• Zauderer v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of Ohio · 471 U.S. 626 (1985)
• Pope v. Illinois · 481 U.S. 497 (1987)
• Hynes v. Mayor and Council of Oradell · 425 U.S. 610 (1976)
• City of Grants Pass v. Johnson · 603 U.S. 520 (2024)

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