Pennsylvania v. Nelson

Decided April 2, 1956. Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 10 · 350 U.S. 497 (1956) · Cited 312 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• Hines v. Davidowitz · 312 U.S. 52 (1941)
• Gilbert v. Minnesota · 254 U.S. 325 (1920)
• Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · 331 U.S. 218 (1947)
• Gitlow v. New York · 268 U.S. 652 (1925)
• United States v. Lanza · 260 U.S. 377 (1922)
• Whitney v. California · 274 U.S. 357 (1927)
• Houston v. Moore · 18 U.S. 1 (1820)
• Cohens v. Virginia · 19 U.S. 264 (1821)
• Winters v. New York · 333 U.S. 507 (1948)
• Dennis v. United States · 341 U.S. 494 (1951)
• Garner v. Teamsters, Chauffeurs & Helpers Local Union No. 776 · 346 U.S. 485 (1953)
• Allen-Bradley Local No. 1111 v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board · 315 U.S. 740 (1942)
• Jerome v. United States · 318 U.S. 101 (1943)
• Reid v. Colorado · 187 U.S. 137 (1902)
• Cloverleaf Butter Co. v. Patterson, Commissioner of Agriculture & Industries · 315 U.S. 148 (1942)
• Charleston & Western Carolina Railway Co. v. Varnville Furniture Co. · 237 U.S. 597 (1915)
• Sinnot v. Davenport · 63 U.S. 227 (1859)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Uphaus v. Wyman · 360 U.S. 72 (1959)
• De Canas v. Bica · 424 U.S. 351 (1976)
• Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
• Bartkus v. Illinois · 359 U.S. 121 (1959)
• Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc. · 575 U.S. 320 (2015)
• Roth v. United States · 354 U.S. 476 (1957)
• Arizona v. United States · 567 U.S. 387 (2012)
• Stanford v. Texas · 379 U.S. 476 (1965)
• Sweezy v. New Hampshire Ex Rel. Wyman · 354 U.S. 234 (1957)
• White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker · 448 U.S. 136 (1980)
• Swift & Co. v. Wickham · 382 U.S. 111 (1965)
• Raley v. Ohio · 360 U.S. 423 (1959)
• International Ass'n of MacHinists v. Gonzales · 356 U.S. 617 (1958)
• Rice v. Rehner · 463 U.S. 713 (1983)
• City of Chicago v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. · 357 U.S. 77 (1958)
• United States v. Brosnan · 363 U.S. 237 (1960)
• Benanti v. United States · 355 U.S. 96 (1957)
• United States v. Witkovich · 353 U.S. 194 (1957)
• New York v. O'NEILL · 359 U.S. 1 (1959)

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