Parden et al. v. Terminal Railway of the Alabama State Docks Department et al.

Decided May 18, 1964. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 157 · 377 U.S. 184 (1964) · Cited 644 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• Petty v. Tennessee-Missouri Bridge Commission · 359 U.S. 275 (1959)
• California v. Taylor · 353 U.S. 553 (1957)
• The Employers'liability Cases · 207 U.S. 463 (1908)
• United States v. California · 297 U.S. 175 (1936)
• Great Northern Life Insurance Co. v. Read · 322 U.S. 47 (1944)
• Ford Motor Co. v. Department of Treasury · 323 U.S. 459 (1945)
• Ex Parte State of New York, No. 1 · 256 U.S. 490 (1921)
• Frost & Frost Trucking Co. v. Railroad Comm'n of Cal. · 271 U.S. 583 (1926)
• Smith v. Reeves · 178 U.S. 436 (1900)
• New York v. United States · 326 U.S. 572 (1946)
• Johnson v. Zerbst · 304 U.S. 458 (1938)
• Fay v. Noia · 372 U.S. 391 (1963)
• United States v. United Mine Workers of America · 330 U.S. 258 (1947)
• Gibbons v. Ogden · 22 U.S. 1 (1824)
• Cohens v. Virginia · 19 U.S. 264 (1821)
• Second Employers'liability Cases · 223 U.S. 1 (1912)
• Principality of Monaco v. Mississippi · 292 U.S. 313 (1934)
• Fitts v. McGhee · 172 U.S. 516 (1899)
• United States v. Texas · 143 U.S. 621 (1892)
• South Dakota v. North Carolina · 192 U.S. 286 (1904)

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• Employees of Department of Public Health v. Department of Public Health · 411 U.S. 279 (1973)
• College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board · 527 U.S. 666 (1999)
• Welch v. Texas Department of Highways & Public Transportation · 483 U.S. 468 (1987)
• Hilton v. South Carolina Public Railways Commission · 502 U.S. 197 (1991)
• Pennsylvania v. Union Gas Co. · 491 U.S. 1 (1989)
• Edelman v. Jordan · 415 U.S. 651 (1974)
• Alden v. Maine · 527 U.S. 706 (1999)
• Blatchford v. Native Village of Noatak · 501 U.S. 775 (1991)
• Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer · 427 U.S. 445 (1976)
• National League of Cities v. Usery · 426 U.S. 833 (1976)
• Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service v. Kirtz · 601 U.S. 42 (2024)
• Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety · 597 U.S. 580 (2022)
• Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlon · 473 U.S. 234 (1985)
• Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida · 517 U.S. 44 (1996)
• Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents · 528 U.S. 62 (2000)
• Maryland v. Wirtz · 392 U.S. 183 (1968)
• Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank · 527 U.S. 627 (1999)
• Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · 412 U.S. 218 (1973)
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · 465 U.S. 89 (1984)
• Quern v. Jordan · 440 U.S. 332 (1979)
• Payne v. Tennessee · 501 U.S. 808 (1991)
• Hutto v. Finney · 437 U.S. 678 (1978)
• Patsy v. Board of Regents of Fla. · 457 U.S. 496 (1982)
• United Housing Foundation, Inc. v. Forman · 421 U.S. 837 (1975)
• Republic of Argentina v. Weltover, Inc. · 504 U.S. 607 (1992)
• City of Lafayette v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. · 435 U.S. 389 (1978)
• Countyof Oneida v. Oneida Indian Nation of NY · 470 U.S. 226 (1985)
• Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp. v. Feeney · 495 U.S. 299 (1990)
• Guardians Assn. v. Civil Serv. Comm'n of New York City · 463 U.S. 582 (1983)
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Mississippi · 456 U.S. 742 (1982)

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