Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham

Decided November 15, 1965. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 5 · 382 U.S. 87 (1965) · Cited 385 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• Thompson v. City of Louisville · 362 U.S. 199 (1960)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88 (1940)
• Dombrowski v. Pfister · 380 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington) · 308 U.S. 147 (1939)
• Cox v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 536 (1965)
• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444 (1938)
• Smith v. California · 361 U.S. 147 (1959)
• Winters v. New York · 333 U.S. 507 (1948)
• Baggett v. Bullitt · 377 U.S. 360 (1964)
• Kunz v. New York · 340 U.S. 290 (1951)
• Garner v. Louisiana · 368 U.S. 157 (1961)
• Edwards v. California · 314 U.S. 160 (1941)
• Aero Mayflower Transit Co. v. Board of Railroad Commissioners · 332 U.S. 495 (1947)

Cited by

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

• Osborne v. Ohio · 495 U.S. 103 (1990)
• Kolender v. Lawson · 461 U.S. 352 (1983)
• Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104 (1972)
• Brown v. Louisiana · 383 U.S. 131 (1966)
• City of Chicago v. Morales · 527 U.S. 41 (1999)
• City of Greenwood v. Peacock · 384 U.S. 808 (1966)
• Adderley v. Florida · 385 U.S. 39 (1966)
• Walker v. City of Birmingham · 388 U.S. 307 (1967)
• Wood v. Strickland · 420 U.S. 308 (1975)
• Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville · 405 U.S. 156 (1972)
• McGautha v. California · 402 U.S. 183 (1971)
• Ginzburg v. United States · 383 U.S. 463 (1966)
• Ashton v. Kentucky · 384 U.S. 195 (1966)
• Bachellar v. Maryland · 397 U.S. 564 (1970)

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