Smith v. United States
Decided June 8, 1959. Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 90 · 360 U.S. 1 (1959) · Cited 429 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 6–3.
Majority · 6
- Earl Warren · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Charles Evans Whittaker
- Felix Frankfurter
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
- William Orville Douglas
Dissenting · 3
- John Marshall Harlan
- Potter Stewart
- Tom C. Clark · filed a dissenting opinion
“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.
- Ex Parte Wilson · 114 U.S. 417 (1885)
- McNabb v. United States · 318 U.S. 332 (1943)
- Hagner v. United States · 285 U.S. 427 (1932)
- Ex Parte Bain · 121 U.S. 1 (1887)
- United States Ex Rel. Toth v. Quarles · 350 U.S. 11 (1955)
- United States v. Debrow · 346 U.S. 374 (1953)
- Williams v. United States · 341 U.S. 97 (1951)
- MacKin v. United States · 117 U.S. 348 (1886)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- United States v. Mezzanatto · 513 U.S. 196 (1995)
- Russell v. United States · 369 U.S. 749 (1962)
- United States v. Marion · 404 U.S. 307 (1971)
- United States v. Cotton · 535 U.S. 625 (2002)
- United States v. Lovasco · 431 U.S. 783 (1977)
- United States v. Ewell · 383 U.S. 116 (1966)
- Dickey v. Florida · 398 U.S. 30 (1970)
- United States v. Miller · 471 U.S. 130 (1985)
- New York v. Hill · 528 U.S. 110 (2000)
- Muniz v. Hoffman · 422 U.S. 454 (1975)
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