See v. City of Seattle

Decided June 5, 1967. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 180 · 387 U.S. 541 (1967) · Cited 1,228 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“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.

• Frank v. Maryland · 359 U.S. 360 (1959)
• Davis v. United States · 328 U.S. 582 (1946)
• Oklahoma Press Publishing Co. v. Walling · 327 U.S. 186 (1946)
• District of Columbia v. Little · 339 U.S. 1 (1950)
• Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States · 251 U.S. 385 (1920)
• Berman v. Parker · 348 U.S. 26 (1954)
• United States v. Morton Salt Co. · 338 U.S. 632 (1950)
• Go-Bart Importing Co. v. United States · 282 U.S. 344 (1931)
• United States v. Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. · 321 U.S. 707 (1944)
• United States v. Cardiff · 344 U.S. 174 (1952)

Cited by

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

• Marshall v. Barlow's, Inc. · 436 U.S. 307 (1978)
• City of L. A. v. Patel · 576 U.S. 409 (2015)
• Dow Chemical Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Administrator · 476 U.S. 227 (1986)
• Michigan v. Tyler · 436 U.S. 499 (1978)
• Colonnade Catering Corp. v. United States · 397 U.S. 72 (1970)
• Donovan v. Lone Steer, Inc. · 464 U.S. 408 (1984)
• New York v. Burger · 482 U.S. 691 (1987)
• Donovan v. Dewey · 452 U.S. 594 (1981)
• Wyman v. James · 400 U.S. 309 (1971)
• Michigan v. Clifford · 464 U.S. 287 (1984)
• United States v. Dunn · 480 U.S. 294 (1987)
• Almeida-Sanchez v. United States · 413 U.S. 266 (1973)
• Carpenter v. United States · 585 U.S. 296 (2018)
• United States v. Biswell · 406 U.S. 311 (1972)
• Mancusi v. DeForte · 392 U.S. 364 (1968)
• United States v. Leon · 468 U.S. 897 (1984)
• Coolidge v. New Hampshire · 403 U.S. 443 (1971)
• Delaware v. Prouse · 440 U.S. 648 (1979)
• South Dakota v. Opperman · 428 U.S. 364 (1976)
• Cady v. Dombrowski · 413 U.S. 433 (1973)
• New Jersey v. T. L. O. · 469 U.S. 325 (1985)
• Berger v. New York · 388 U.S. 41 (1967)
• United States v. Montoya De Hernandez · 473 U.S. 531 (1985)
• Zurcher v. Stanford Daily · 436 U.S. 547 (1978)
• Avery v. Midland County · 390 U.S. 474 (1968)
• G. M. Leasing Corp. v. United States · 429 U.S. 338 (1977)
• California Bankers Assn. v. Shultz · 416 U.S. 21 (1974)
• Air Pollution Variance Bd. of Colo. v. Western Alfalfa Corp. · 416 U.S. 861 (1974)

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