Poe et al. v. Ullman, State'S Attorney

Decided June 19, 1961. Felix Frankfurter delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 60 · 367 U.S. 497 (1961) · Cited 1,202 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.

• Massachusetts v. Mellon · 262 U.S. 447 (1923)
• Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. Williamson · 316 U.S. 535 (1942)
• Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 297 U.S. 288 (1936)
• Aetna Life Insurance v. Haworth · 300 U.S. 227 (1937)
• Meyer v. Nebraska · 262 U.S. 390 (1923)
• United Public Workers of America v. Mitchell · 330 U.S. 75 (1947)
• Alabama State Federation of Labor v. McAdory · 325 U.S. 450 (1945)
• Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. Wellman · 143 U.S. 339 (1892)
• Tileston v. Ullman · 318 U.S. 44 (1943)
• International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union, Local 37 v. Boyd · 347 U.S. 222 (1954)
• Texas v. Interstate Commerce Commission · 258 U.S. 158 (1922)
• McGowan v. Maryland · 366 U.S. 420 (1961)
• Roth v. United States · 354 U.S. 476 (1957)
• Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. · 272 U.S. 365 (1926)
• Prince v. Massachusetts · 321 U.S. 158 (1944)
• Bolling v. Sharpe · 347 U.S. 497 (1954)
• Palko v. Connecticut · 302 U.S. 319 (1937)
• Wolf v. Colorado · 338 U.S. 25 (1949)
• Truax v. Raich · 239 U.S. 33 (1915)
• Rescue Army v. Municipal Court of Los Angeles · 331 U.S. 549 (1947)
• Adamson v. California · 332 U.S. 46 (1947)
• Watson v. Buck · 313 U.S. 387 (1941)
• Arizona v. California · 283 U.S. 423 (1931)
• Electric Bond & Share Co. v. Securities & Exchange Comm'n · 303 U.S. 419 (1938)
• United States v. Fruehauf · 365 U.S. 146 (1961)
• United States v. Johnson · 319 U.S. 302 (1943)
• Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Jackson Vinegar Co. · 226 U.S. 217 (1912)
• Boyd v. United States · 116 U.S. 616 (1886)
• Rochin v. California · 342 U.S. 165 (1952)
• Tumey v. Ohio · 273 U.S. 510 (1927)

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• Obergefell v. Hodges · 576 U.S. 644 (2015)
• Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Moore v. City of East Cleveland · 431 U.S. 494 (1977)
• Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey · 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
• McDonald v. City of Chicago · 561 U.S. 742 (2010)
• Vance v. Universal Amusement Co. · 445 U.S. 308 (1980)
• Williams v. Illinois · 399 U.S. 235 (1970)
• Carey v. Population Services International · 431 U.S. 678 (1977)
• Cruzan Ex Rel. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health · 497 U.S. 261 (1990)
• District Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial District v. Osborne · 557 U.S. 52 (2009)
• Gilligan v. Morgan · 413 U.S. 1 (1973)
• Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists · 476 U.S. 747 (1986)
• Philip Morris USA v. Williams · 549 U.S. 346 (2007)
• Hodgson v. Minnesota · 497 U.S. 417 (1990)
• In Re WINSHIP · 397 U.S. 358 (1970)
• Albright v. Oliver · 510 U.S. 266 (1994)
• Roe v. Wade · 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization · 426 U.S. 26 (1976)
• Flast v. Cohen · 392 U.S. 83 (1968)
• Washington v. Texas · 388 U.S. 14 (1967)
• United States Parole Commission v. Geraghty · 445 U.S. 388 (1980)
• Whalen v. Roe · 429 U.S. 589 (1977)
• Minnesota v. Carter · 525 U.S. 83 (1998)
• Regents of the University of Michigan v. Ewing · 474 U.S. 214 (1985)
• Montana v. Egelhoff · 518 U.S. 37 (1996)
• Kelley v. Johnson · 425 U.S. 238 (1976)
• Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization · 597 U.S. 215 (2022)
• H. L. v. Matheson · 450 U.S. 398 (1981)
• Ellis v. Dyson · 421 U.S. 426 (1975)

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