Salsburg v. Maryland

Decided January 11, 1954. Harold Hitz Burton delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 38 · 346 U.S. 545 (1954) · Cited 266 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–1.

“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.

• Wolf v. Colorado · 338 U.S. 25 (1949)
• Metropolitan Casualty Ins. Co. v. Brownell · 294 U.S. 580 (1935)
• Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co. · 220 U.S. 61 (1911)
• Hayes v. Missouri · 120 U.S. 68 (1887)
• Semler v. Oregon State Board of Dental Examiners · 294 U.S. 608 (1935)
• Missouri v. Lewis · 101 U.S. 22 (1880)
• Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad v. Matthews · 174 U.S. 96 (1899)
• Schwartz v. Texas · 344 U.S. 199 (1952)
• Middleton v. Texas Power & Light Co. · 249 U.S. 152 (1919)
• Mallett v. North Carolina · 181 U.S. 589 (1901)
• Ocampo v. United States · 234 U.S. 91 (1914)
• Ohio Ex Rel. Lloyd v. Dollison · 194 U.S. 445 (1904)
• Dominion Hotel, Inc. v. Arizona · 249 U.S. 265 (1919)

Cited by

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

• McGowan v. Maryland · 366 U.S. 420 (1961)
• Griffin v. School Bd. of Prince Edward Cty. · 377 U.S. 218 (1964)
• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · 411 U.S. 1 (1973)
• Williams v. Florida · 399 U.S. 78 (1970)
• South Carolina v. Katzenbach · 383 U.S. 301 (1966)
• Goldblatt v. Town of Hempstead · 369 U.S. 590 (1962)
• Baldwin v. New York · 399 U.S. 66 (1970)
• Allegheny Pittsburgh Coal Co. v. Commission of Webster Cty. · 488 U.S. 336 (1989)
• North v. Russell · 427 U.S. 328 (1976)

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