Rescue Army et al. v. Municipal Court of Los Angeles

Decided June 9, 1947. Wiley Blount Rutledge delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 574 · 331 U.S. 549 (1947) · Cited 667 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• Bandini Petroleum Co. v. Superior Court, Los Angeles Cty. · 284 U.S. 8 (1931)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 297 U.S. 288 (1936)
• New York Ex Rel. Bryant v. Zimmerman · 278 U.S. 63 (1928)
• United Public Workers of America v. Mitchell · 330 U.S. 75 (1947)
• Spector Motor Service, Inc. v. McLaughlin · 323 U.S. 101 (1944)
• Alabama State Federation of Labor v. McAdory · 325 U.S. 450 (1945)
• Colegrove v. Green · 328 U.S. 549 (1946)
• Coffman v. Breeze Corporations, Inc. · 323 U.S. 316 (1945)
• Largent v. Texas · 318 U.S. 418 (1943)
• Haguer v. Committee for Industrial Organization · 307 U.S. 496 (1939)
• Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington) · 308 U.S. 147 (1939)
• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444 (1938)
• Thomas v. Collins · 323 U.S. 516 (1945)
• Plessy v. Ferguson · 163 U.S. 537 (1896)
• American Federation of Labor v. Watson · 327 U.S. 582 (1946)
• Alma Motor Co. v. Timken-Detroit Axle Co. · 329 U.S. 129 (1946)
• Michigan Central Railroad v. Mix · 278 U.S. 492 (1929)
• Independent Warehouses, Inc. v. Scheele · 331 U.S. 70 (1947)
• Berea College v. Kentucky · 211 U.S. 45 (1908)

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• Chandler v. Judicial Council of the Tenth Circuit · 398 U.S. 74 (1970)
• Socialist Labor Party v. Gilligan · 406 U.S. 583 (1972)
• Albertson v. Millard, Attorney General · 345 U.S. 242 (1953)
• Larson v. Valente · 456 U.S. 228 (1982)
• Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona · 520 U.S. 43 (1997)
• Estelle v. Gamble · 429 U.S. 97 (1976)
• Delaware v. Van Arsdall · 475 U.S. 673 (1986)
• Griffin v. Illinois · 351 U.S. 12 (1956)
• In Re Oliver · 333 U.S. 257 (1948)
• Poe v. Ullman · 367 U.S. 497 (1961)
• United States v. Petrillo · 332 U.S. 1 (1947)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation · 438 U.S. 726 (1978)
• Greer v. Spock · 424 U.S. 828 (1976)
• Renne v. Geary · 501 U.S. 312 (1991)
• Communist Party of United States v. Subversive Activities Control Bd. · 367 U.S. 1 (1961)
• Public Affairs Associates, Inc. v. Rickover · 369 U.S. 111 (1962)
• Stanton v. Stanton · 421 U.S. 7 (1975)
• Aircraft & Diesel Equipment Corp. v. Hirsch · 331 U.S. 752 (1947)
• Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District · 509 U.S. 1 (1993)
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · 465 U.S. 89 (1984)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• United States v. Sharpe · 470 U.S. 675 (1985)
• Pennsylvania v. Ritchie · 480 U.S. 39 (1987)
• Clinton v. Jones · 520 U.S. 681 (1997)
• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke · 438 U.S. 265 (1978)
• Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Assn., Inc. · 452 U.S. 264 (1981)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. · 556 U.S. 502 (2009)
• South Dakota v. Neville · 459 U.S. 553 (1983)
• Terminiello v. Chicago · 337 U.S. 1 (1949)
• Keystone Bituminous Coal Assn. v. DeBenedictis · 480 U.S. 470 (1987)

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