South Dakota v. Neville

Decided February 22, 1983. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 81-1453 · 459 U.S. 553 (1983) · Cited 1,275 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.

• Schmerber v. California · 384 U.S. 757 (1966)
• Miranda v. Arizona · 384 U.S. 436 (1966)
• Doyle v. Ohio · 426 U.S. 610 (1976)
• Delaware v. Prouse · 440 U.S. 648 (1979)
• Griffin v. California · 380 U.S. 609 (1965)
• Herb v. Pitcairn · 324 U.S. 117 (1945)
• MacKey v. Montrym · 443 U.S. 1 (1979)
• Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · 412 U.S. 218 (1973)
• Rhode Island v. Innis · 446 U.S. 291 (1980)
• South Dakota v. Opperman · 428 U.S. 364 (1976)
• Hagans v. Lavine · 415 U.S. 528 (1974)
• Estelle v. Smith · 451 U.S. 454 (1981)
• Fisher v. United States · 425 U.S. 391 (1976)
• Murphy v. Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor · 378 U.S. 52 (1964)
• Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn · 420 U.S. 469 (1975)
• City of Mesquite v. Aladdin's Castle, Inc. · 455 U.S. 283 (1982)
• McGautha v. California · 402 U.S. 183 (1971)
• Perez. v. Campbell · 402 U.S. 637 (1971)
• United States v. Hale · 422 U.S. 171 (1975)
• Tate v. Short · 401 U.S. 395 (1971)
• Breithaupt v. Abram · 352 U.S. 432 (1957)
• Fletcher v. Weir · 455 U.S. 603 (1982)
• Rescue Army v. Municipal Court of Los Angeles · 331 U.S. 549 (1947)
• New Jersey v. Portash · 440 U.S. 450 (1979)
• Mills v. Rogers · 457 U.S. 291 (1982)
• Minnesota v. National Tea Co. · 309 U.S. 551 (1940)
• Fox Film Corp. v. Muller · 296 U.S. 207 (1935)
• Air Pollution Variance Bd. of Colo. v. Western Alfalfa Corp. · 416 U.S. 861 (1974)
• California v. Krivda · 409 U.S. 33 (1972)
• Eustis v. Bolles · 150 U.S. 361 (1893)

Cited by

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

• Birchfield v. N. Dakota. William Robert Bernard · 579 U.S. 438 (2016)
• Wainwright v. Greenfield · 474 U.S. 284 (1986)
• Mitchell v. Wisconsin · 588 U.S. 840 (2019)
• Pennsylvania v. Muniz · 496 U.S. 582 (1990)
• Michigan v. Long · 463 U.S. 1032 (1983)
• Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn. · 489 U.S. 602 (1989)
• Welsh v. Wisconsin · 466 U.S. 740 (1984)
• Missouri v. McNeely · 569 U.S. 141 (2013)
• Begay v. United States · 553 U.S. 137 (2008)
• Salinas v. Texas · 570 U.S. 178 (2013)
• Greer v. Miller · 483 U.S. 756 (1987)
• Massachusetts v. Upton · 466 U.S. 727 (1984)
• Delaware v. Van Arsdall · 475 U.S. 673 (1986)
• Brecht v. Abrahamson · 507 U.S. 619 (1993)
• Berkemer v. McCarty · 468 U.S. 420 (1984)
• Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Institution at Walpole v. Hill · 472 U.S. 445 (1985)
• Pennsylvania v. Ritchie · 480 U.S. 39 (1987)
• Michigan Department of State Police v. Sitz · 496 U.S. 444 (1990)
• Ponte v. Real · 471 U.S. 491 (1985)
• Gilmore v. Taylor · 508 U.S. 333 (1993)
• Kansas v. Marsh · 548 U.S. 163 (2006)
• United States v. Balsys · 524 U.S. 666 (1998)
• Florida v. Meyers · 466 U.S. 380 (1984)
• Vega v. Tekoh · 597 U.S. 134 (2022)
• Oregon v. Guzek · 546 U.S. 517 (2006)

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