Slochower v. Board of Higher Education of New York City

Decided April 9, 1956. Tom C. Clark delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 23 · 350 U.S. 551 (1956) · Cited 744 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• Wieman v. Updegraff · 344 U.S. 183 (1952)
• Adler v. Board of Ed. of City of New York · 342 U.S. 485 (1952)
• Garner v. Board of Public Works of Los Angeles · 341 U.S. 716 (1951)
• Ullmann v. United States · 350 U.S. 422 (1956)
• Palko v. Connecticut · 302 U.S. 319 (1937)
• Brown v. Walker · 161 U.S. 591 (1896)
• Twining v. New Jersey · 211 U.S. 78 (1908)
• Ohio Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 301 U.S. 292 (1937)
• Louisiana Ex Rel. Francis v. Resweber · 329 U.S. 459 (1947)
• Adamson v. California · 332 U.S. 46 (1947)
• Hebert v. Louisiana · 272 U.S. 312 (1926)
• Quinn v. United States · 349 U.S. 155 (1955)
• Dewey v. Des Moines · 173 U.S. 193 (1899)

Cited by

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

• Arnett v. Kennedy · 416 U.S. 134 (1974)
• Spevack v. Klein · 385 U.S. 511 (1967)
• Garrity v. New Jersey · 385 U.S. 493 (1967)
• Cohen v. Hurley · 366 U.S. 117 (1961)
• Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · 408 U.S. 564 (1972)
• Beilan v. Board of Public Ed., School Dist. of Philadelphia · 357 U.S. 399 (1958)
• Greene v. McElroy · 360 U.S. 474 (1959)
• Morrissey v. Brewer · 408 U.S. 471 (1972)
• Goldberg v. Kelly · 397 U.S. 254 (1970)
• Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Davis v. Scherer · 468 U.S. 183 (1984)
• Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez · 372 U.S. 144 (1963)
• Bell v. Burson · 402 U.S. 535 (1971)
• Baxter v. Palmigiano · 425 U.S. 308 (1976)
• Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. Murgia · 427 U.S. 307 (1976)
• Douglas v. Alabama · 380 U.S. 415 (1965)
• Shelton v. Tucker · 364 U.S. 479 (1960)
• Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NY · 385 U.S. 589 (1967)
• Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NM · 353 U.S. 232 (1957)
• Grunewald v. United States · 353 U.S. 391 (1957)
• Swift & Co. v. Wickham · 382 U.S. 111 (1965)
• Cramp v. Board of Public Instruction of Orange Cty. · 368 U.S. 278 (1961)
• Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal. · 353 U.S. 252 (1957)
• Elfbrandt v. Russell · 384 U.S. 11 (1966)
• Law Students Civil Rights Research Council, Inc. v. Wadmond · 401 U.S. 154 (1971)
• Connell v. Higginbotham · 403 U.S. 207 (1971)
• Ohio v. Reiner · 532 U.S. 17 (2001)
• Black v. Cutter Laboratories · 351 U.S. 292 (1956)

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