Samuels et al. v. Mackell, District Attorney of Queens County, et al.

Decided February 23, 1971. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 7 · 401 U.S. 66 (1971) · Cited 1,137 times

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Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Douglas v. City of Jeannette · 319 U.S. 157 (1943)
• Public Serv. Comm'n of Utah v. Wycoff Co. · 344 U.S. 237 (1952)
• Gitlow v. New York · 268 U.S. 652 (1925)
• Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. v. Huffman · 319 U.S. 293 (1943)
• Younger v. Harris · 401 U.S. 37 (1971)
• Brandenburg v. Ohio · 395 U.S. 444 (1969)
• Perez v. Ledesma · 401 U.S. 82 (1971)
• Whitney v. California · 274 U.S. 357 (1927)
• Enochs v. Williams Packing & Navigation Co. · 370 U.S. 1 (1962)
• County of Allegheny v. Frank Mashuda Co. · 360 U.S. 185 (1959)
• MacAuley v. Waterman Steamship Corp. · 327 U.S. 540 (1946)
• Ott v. Mississippi Valley Barge Line Co. · 336 U.S. 169 (1949)

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• Steffel v. Thompson · 415 U.S. 452 (1974)
• Hicks v. Miranda · 422 U.S. 332 (1975)
• Deakins v. Monaghan · 484 U.S. 193 (1988)
• Doran v. Salem Inn, Inc. · 422 U.S. 922 (1975)
• Trainor v. Hernandez · 431 U.S. 434 (1977)
• Huffman v. Pursue, Ltd. · 420 U.S. 592 (1975)
• Gibson v. Berryhill · 411 U.S. 564 (1973)
• Kugler v. Helfant · 421 U.S. 117 (1975)
• Allee v. Medrano · 416 U.S. 802 (1974)
• Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States · 424 U.S. 800 (1976)
• Roe v. Wade · 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• Fuentes v. Shevin · 407 U.S. 67 (1972)
• Middlesex County Ethics Committee v. Garden State Bar Ass'n · 457 U.S. 423 (1982)
• Quackenbush v. Allstate Insurance · 517 U.S. 706 (1996)
• Craig v. Boren · 429 U.S. 190 (1976)
• Green v. Mansour · 474 U.S. 64 (1985)
• Moore v. Sims · 442 U.S. 415 (1979)
• Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn · 420 U.S. 469 (1975)
• Wooley v. Maynard · 430 U.S. 705 (1977)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Co. · 458 U.S. 886 (1982)
• Lynch v. Household Finance Corp. · 405 U.S. 538 (1972)
• Lake Carriers' Assn. v. MacMullan · 406 U.S. 498 (1972)
• Ellis v. Dyson · 421 U.S. 426 (1975)
• National Private Truck Council, Inc. v. Oklahoma Tax Comm'n · 515 U.S. 582 (1995)

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