Sperry v. Florida Ex Rel. Florida Bar

Decided May 27, 1963. Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 322 · 373 U.S. 379 (1963) · Cited 362 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.

• Gibbons v. Ogden · 22 U.S. 1 (1824)
• Leslie Miller, Inc. v. Arkansas · 352 U.S. 187 (1956)
• Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · 331 U.S. 218 (1947)
• Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NM · 353 U.S. 232 (1957)
• United States v. Darby · 312 U.S. 100 (1941)
• Huron Portland Cement Co. v. City of Detroit · 362 U.S. 440 (1960)
• Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal. · 366 U.S. 36 (1961)
• Fahey v. Mallonee · 332 U.S. 245 (1947)
• Currin v. Wallace · 306 U.S. 1 (1939)
• First Iowa Hydro-Electric Cooperative v. Federal Power Commission · 328 U.S. 152 (1946)
• Goldsmith v. United States Board of Tax Appeals · 270 U.S. 117 (1926)
• State of Penn. v. THE WHEELING &C. BRIDGE CO. · 54 U.S. 518 (1852)
• Cloverleaf Butter Co. v. Patterson, Commissioner of Agriculture & Industries · 315 U.S. 148 (1942)
• Case v. Bowles · 327 U.S. 92 (1946)
• Sinnot v. Davenport · 63 U.S. 227 (1859)
• Pennsylvania Railroad v. Public Service Commission · 250 U.S. 566 (1919)

Cited by

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

• Johnson v. Avery · 393 U.S. 483 (1969)
• National League of Cities v. Usery · 426 U.S. 833 (1976)
• Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar · 421 U.S. 773 (1975)
• Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co. · 376 U.S. 225 (1964)
• Frazier v. Heebe · 482 U.S. 641 (1987)

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