Reitman et al. v. Mulkey et al.

Decided May 29, 1967. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 483 · 387 U.S. 369 (1967) · Cited 656 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority · 365 U.S. 715 (1961)
• McCabe v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. · 235 U.S. 151 (1914)
• Lombard v. Louisiana · 373 U.S. 267 (1963)
• Shelley v. Kraemer · 334 U.S. 1 (1948)
• Bell v. Maryland · 378 U.S. 226 (1964)
• Peterson v. City of Greenville · 373 U.S. 244 (1963)
• ANDERSON Et Al. v. MARTIN · 375 U.S. 399 (1964)
• Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356 (1886)
• Barrows v. Jackson · 346 U.S. 249 (1953)
• Evans v. Newton · 382 U.S. 296 (1966)
• Nixon v. Herndon · 273 U.S. 536 (1927)
• Nixon v. Condon · 286 U.S. 73 (1932)
• Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. · 272 U.S. 365 (1926)
• Berman v. Parker · 348 U.S. 26 (1954)
• Civil Rights Cases · 109 U.S. 3 (1883)
• Terry v. Adams · 345 U.S. 461 (1953)
• Takahashi v. Fish & Game Commission · 334 U.S. 410 (1948)
• Goss v. Board of Ed. of Knoxville · 373 U.S. 683 (1963)
• Turner v. City of Memphis · 369 U.S. 350 (1962)

Cited by

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

• Crawford v. Board of Ed. of Los Angeles · 458 U.S. 527 (1982)
• Palmer v. Thompson · 403 U.S. 217 (1971)
• Hunter v. Erickson · 393 U.S. 385 (1969)
• Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · 398 U.S. 144 (1970)
• Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Democratic National Committee · 412 U.S. 94 (1973)
• Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · 429 U.S. 252 (1977)
• Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co. · 419 U.S. 345 (1974)
• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke · 438 U.S. 265 (1978)
• Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis · 407 U.S. 163 (1972)
• Michael M. v. Superior Court of Sonoma County · 450 U.S. 464 (1981)
• Gilmore v. City of Montgomery · 417 U.S. 556 (1974)
• Evans v. Abney · 396 U.S. 435 (1970)
• Romer v. Evans · 517 U.S. 620 (1996)
• Abood v. Detroit Board of Education · 431 U.S. 209 (1977)
• Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. · 392 U.S. 409 (1968)
• Dayton Board of Education v. Brinkman · 433 U.S. 406 (1977)
• City of Memphis v. Greene · 451 U.S. 100 (1981)
• Gordon v. Lance · 403 U.S. 1 (1971)
• Lindke v. Freed · 601 U.S. 187 (2024)

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