Shapiro v. United States

Decided June 21, 1948. Frederick Moore Vinson delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 49 · 335 U.S. 1 (1948) · Cited 599 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• Heike v. United States · 227 U.S. 131 (1913)
• Boyd v. United States · 116 U.S. 616 (1886)
• United States v. Monia · 317 U.S. 424 (1943)
• Davis v. United States · 328 U.S. 582 (1946)
• Wilson v. United States · 221 U.S. 361 (1911)
• Evanston v. Gunn · 99 U.S. 660 (1879)
• Counselman v. Hitchcock · 142 U.S. 547 (1892)
• United States v. American Trucking Associations · 310 U.S. 534 (1940)
• United States v. Darby · 312 U.S. 100 (1941)
• Brown v. Walker · 161 U.S. 591 (1896)
• Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 297 U.S. 288 (1936)
• Yakus v. United States · 321 U.S. 414 (1944)
• Crowell v. Benson · 285 U.S. 22 (1932)
• Harris v. United States · 331 U.S. 145 (1947)
• Rescue Army v. Municipal Court of Los Angeles · 331 U.S. 549 (1947)
• Trupiano v. United States · 334 U.S. 699 (1948)
• Hassett v. Welch · 303 U.S. 303 (1938)
• Blodgett v. Holden · 275 U.S. 142 (1927)
• Hecht v. Malley · 265 U.S. 144 (1924)
• Endicott Johnson Corp. v. Perkins · 317 U.S. 501 (1943)
• United States v. Sullivan · 332 U.S. 689 (1948)
• Sessions v. Romadka · 145 U.S. 29 (1892)
• Foster v. Illinois · 332 U.S. 134 (1947)

Cited by

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• Marchetti v. United States · 390 U.S. 39 (1968)
• Baltimore City Department of Social Services v. Bouknight · 493 U.S. 549 (1990)
• Grosso v. United States · 390 U.S. 62 (1968)
• Spevack v. Klein · 385 U.S. 511 (1967)
• California Bankers Assn. v. Shultz · 416 U.S. 21 (1974)
• MacKey v. United States · 401 U.S. 667 (1971)
• Ullmann v. United States · 350 U.S. 422 (1956)
• United States v. Kahriger · 345 U.S. 22 (1953)
• Haynes v. United States · 390 U.S. 85 (1968)
• California v. Byers · 402 U.S. 424 (1971)
• Smith v. United States · 337 U.S. 137 (1949)
• Helsinn Healthcare S. A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. · 586 U.S. 123 (2019)
• Georgia v. Public Resource.Org, Inc. · 590 U.S. 255 (2020)
• Kastigar v. United States · 406 U.S. 441 (1972)
• Leary v. United States · 395 U.S. 6 (1969)
• United States v. Batchelder · 442 U.S. 114 (1979)
• American Communications Assn. v. Douds · 339 U.S. 382 (1950)
• Chavez v. Martinez · 538 U.S. 760 (2003)
• Rogers v. United States · 340 U.S. 367 (1951)
• Watt v. Alaska · 451 U.S. 259 (1981)
• United States v. Kordel · 397 U.S. 1 (1970)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Catholic Bishop · 440 U.S. 490 (1979)
• Simpson v. United States · 435 U.S. 6 (1978)
• Communist Party of United States v. Subversive Activities Control Bd. · 367 U.S. 1 (1961)
• New Jersey v. Portash · 440 U.S. 450 (1979)
• United States v. Hubbell · 530 U.S. 27 (2000)
• Curcio v. United States · 354 U.S. 118 (1957)
• Commissioner v. Estate of Church · 335 U.S. 632 (1949)
• United States v. Kwai Fun Wong · 575 U.S. 402 (2015)
• Allen v. Grand Central Aircraft Co. · 347 U.S. 535 (1954)

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