Snyder v. Harris et al.

Decided March 25, 1969. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 109 · 394 U.S. 332 (1969) · Cited 955 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• Clark v. Paul Gray, Inc. · 306 U.S. 583 (1939)
• Troy Bank v. G. A. Whitehead & Co. · 222 U.S. 39 (1911)
• Pinel v. Pinel · 240 U.S. 594 (1916)
• Francis v. Southern Pacific Co. · 333 U.S. 445 (1948)
• Healy v. Ratta · 292 U.S. 263 (1934)
• Supreme Tribe of Ben-Hur v. Cauble · 255 U.S. 356 (1921)
• Girouard v. United States · 328 U.S. 61 (1946)
• Monroe v. Pape · 365 U.S. 167 (1961)
• Pierson v. Ray · 386 U.S. 547 (1967)
• Haguer v. Committee for Industrial Organization · 307 U.S. 496 (1939)
• Hansberry v. Lee · 311 U.S. 32 (1940)
• Provident Tradesmens Bank & Trust Co. v. Patterson · 390 U.S. 102 (1968)
• Sibbach v. Wilson & Co. · 312 U.S. 1 (1941)
• Thomson v. Gaskill · 315 U.S. 442 (1942)
• Deckert v. Independence Shares Corp. · 311 U.S. 282 (1940)
• Mississippi Publishing Corp. v. Murphree · 326 U.S. 438 (1946)
• Wheeldin v. Wheeler · 373 U.S. 647 (1963)
• Helvering v. Reynolds · 313 U.S. 428 (1941)
• New York Life Insurance v. Viglas · 297 U.S. 672 (1936)
• Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Gentry · 163 U.S. 353 (1896)
• Stewart v. Dunham · 115 U.S. 61 (1885)

Cited by

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• Zahn v. International Paper Co. · 414 U.S. 291 (1973)
• Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Services, Inc. · 545 U.S. 546 (2005)
• Owen Equipment & Erection Co. v. Kroger · 437 U.S. 365 (1978)
• Sosna v. Iowa · 419 U.S. 393 (1975)
• Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission · 432 U.S. 333 (1977)
• American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah · 414 U.S. 538 (1974)
• Carden v. Arkoma Associates · 494 U.S. 185 (1990)
• Devlin v. Scardelletti · 536 U.S. 1 (2002)
• Douglas v. Seacoast Products, Inc. · 431 U.S. 265 (1977)

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