Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of New Mexico

Decided May 6, 1957. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 92 · 353 U.S. 232 (1957) · Cited 1,276 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

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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.

• Wieman v. Updegraff · 344 U.S. 183 (1952)
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356 (1886)
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette · 319 U.S. 624 (1943)
• Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath · 341 U.S. 123 (1951)
• Nebbia v. New York · 291 U.S. 502 (1934)
• American Communications Assn. v. Douds · 339 U.S. 382 (1950)
• De Jonge v. Oregon · 299 U.S. 353 (1937)
• Ex Parte Garland · 71 U.S. 333 (1867)
• Dent v. West Virginia · 129 U.S. 114 (1889)
• Slochower v. Board of Higher Ed. of New York City · 350 U.S. 551 (1956)
• Schneiderman v. United States · 320 U.S. 118 (1943)
• Goldsmith v. United States Board of Tax Appeals · 270 U.S. 117 (1926)
• In Re Summers · 325 U.S. 561 (1945)
• Douglas v. Noble · 261 U.S. 165 (1923)

Cited by

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• Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Dawson v. Delaware · 503 U.S. 159 (1992)
• Aptheker v. Secretary of State · 378 U.S. 500 (1964)
• Baird v. State Bar of Arizona · 401 U.S. 1 (1971)
• Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal. · 366 U.S. 36 (1961)
• In Re Griffiths · 413 U.S. 717 (1973)
• Lowe v. Securities & Exchange Commission · 472 U.S. 181 (1985)
• Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · 408 U.S. 564 (1972)
• Paul v. Davis · 424 U.S. 693 (1976)
• Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroy · 367 U.S. 886 (1961)
• Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NY · 385 U.S. 589 (1967)
• Greene v. McElroy · 360 U.S. 474 (1959)
• Conn v. Gabbert · 526 U.S. 286 (1999)
• United States v. Brown · 381 U.S. 437 (1965)
• Leis v. Flynt · 439 U.S. 438 (1979)
• Willner v. Committee on Character and Fitness, Appellate Div. of Supreme Court of NY, First Judicial Dept. · 373 U.S. 96 (1963)
• Law Students Civil Rights Research Council, Inc. v. Wadmond · 401 U.S. 154 (1971)
• District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman · 460 U.S. 462 (1983)
• Roe v. Wade · 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Institution at Walpole v. Hill · 472 U.S. 445 (1985)
• Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional Complex · 442 U.S. 1 (1979)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• Arnett v. Kennedy · 416 U.S. 134 (1974)
• Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. Murgia · 427 U.S. 307 (1976)
• Moore v. City of East Cleveland · 431 U.S. 494 (1977)
• Zwickler v. Koota · 389 U.S. 241 (1967)
• Zablocki v. Redhail · 434 U.S. 374 (1978)
• DeFunis v. Odegaard · 416 U.S. 312 (1974)
• Poe v. Ullman · 367 U.S. 497 (1961)
• City of Mesquite v. Aladdin's Castle, Inc. · 455 U.S. 283 (1982)

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