Quinn v. United States
Decided May 23, 1955. Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 8 · 349 U.S. 155 (1955) · Cited 357 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 8–1.
Majority · 7
- Earl Warren · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Felix Frankfurter
- Harold Hitz Burton
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- Sherman Minton
- Tom C. Clark
- William Orville Douglas
Concurring · 1
- John Marshall Harlan · filed a concurring opinion
Dissenting · 1
- Stanley Forman Reed · filed a dissenting opinion
“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.
- Sinclair v. United States · 279 U.S. 263 (1929)
- Hoffman v. United States · 341 U.S. 479 (1951)
- Counselman v. Hitchcock · 142 U.S. 547 (1892)
- Blau v. United States · 340 U.S. 159 (1950)
- In Re Chapman · 166 U.S. 661 (1897)
- Smith v. United States · 337 U.S. 137 (1949)
- McGrain v. Daugherty · 273 U.S. 135 (1927)
- McCarthy v. Arndstein · 266 U.S. 34 (1924)
- United States v. Murdock · 284 U.S. 141 (1931)
- Boyd v. United States · 116 U.S. 616 (1886)
- Rogers v. United States · 340 U.S. 367 (1951)
- Brown v. Walker · 161 U.S. 591 (1896)
- Twining v. New Jersey · 211 U.S. 78 (1908)
- United States v. Rumely · 345 U.S. 41 (1953)
- United States v. Monia · 317 U.S. 424 (1943)
- United States Ex Rel. Vajtauer v. Commissioner of Immigration · 273 U.S. 103 (1927)
- Adams v. Maryland · 347 U.S. 179 (1954)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Salinas v. Texas · 570 U.S. 178 (2013)
- Communist Party of United States v. Subversive Activities Control Bd. · 367 U.S. 1 (1961)
- Eastland v. United States Servicemen's Fund · 421 U.S. 491 (1975)
- McDermott International, Inc. v. Wilander · 498 U.S. 337 (1991)
- Watkins v. United States · 354 U.S. 178 (1957)
- Raley v. Ohio · 360 U.S. 423 (1959)
- Garner v. United States · 424 U.S. 648 (1976)
- Miranda v. Arizona · 384 U.S. 436 (1966)
- Branzburg v. Hayes · 408 U.S. 665 (1972)
- Russell v. United States · 369 U.S. 749 (1962)
- Murphy v. Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor · 378 U.S. 52 (1964)
- Michigan v. Tucker · 417 U.S. 433 (1974)
- Slochower v. Board of Higher Ed. of New York City · 350 U.S. 551 (1956)
- Tehan v. United States Ex Rel. Shott · 382 U.S. 406 (1966)
- Albertson v. Subversive Activities Control Board · 382 U.S. 70 (1965)
- Yellin v. United States · 374 U.S. 109 (1963)
- United States v. Welden · 377 U.S. 95 (1964)
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