Public Affairs Associates, Inc., Trading as Public Affairs Press, v. Rickover

Decided March 5, 1962. The Court ruled per curiam — an unsigned opinion of the Court.

Docket 36 · 369 U.S. 111 (1962) · Cited 421 times

We don’t yet publish a summary of this opinion — read the official text below for the Court’s holding and reasoning.

How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“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.

• Doremus v. Board of Ed. of Hawthorne · 342 U.S. 429 (1952)
• Eccles v. Peoples Bank of Lakewood Village · 333 U.S. 426 (1948)
• Massachusetts v. Mellon · 262 U.S. 447 (1923)
• Rescue Army v. Municipal Court of Los Angeles · 331 U.S. 549 (1947)
• A. L. Mechling Barge Lines, Inc. v. United States · 368 U.S. 324 (1961)
• Mitchell v. United States · 313 U.S. 80 (1941)
• Aetna Life Insurance v. Haworth · 300 U.S. 227 (1937)
• Brillhart v. Excess Insurance Co. of America · 316 U.S. 491 (1942)
• United Public Workers of America v. Mitchell · 330 U.S. 75 (1947)
• Public Serv. Comm'n of Utah v. Wycoff Co. · 344 U.S. 237 (1952)
• Poe v. Ullman · 367 U.S. 497 (1961)
• Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. v. Huffman · 319 U.S. 293 (1943)
• Alabama State Federation of Labor v. McAdory · 325 U.S. 450 (1945)
• United States v. International Union United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers · 352 U.S. 567 (1957)
• Evers v. Dwyer · 358 U.S. 202 (1958)

Cited by

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

• Renne v. Geary · 501 U.S. 312 (1991)
• Powell v. McCormack · 395 U.S. 486 (1969)
• Regional Rail Reorganization Act Cases · 419 U.S. 102 (1974)
• Hewitt v. Helms · 482 U.S. 755 (1987)
• Kleppe v. New Mexico · 426 U.S. 529 (1976)
• H. L. v. Matheson · 450 U.S. 398 (1981)
• Vance v. Universal Amusement Co. · 445 U.S. 308 (1980)

Official text

Read the official opinion (U.S. Reports, govinfo.gov)

Explore from here

All Supreme Court opinions · The Supreme Court

Source: the U.S. Reports via govinfo.gov; authoring Justice and vote lineup from the Supreme Court Database (Washington University). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).