Spevack v. Klein

Decided January 16, 1967. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 62 · 385 U.S. 511 (1967) · Cited 776 times

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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.

• Cohen v. Hurley · 366 U.S. 117 (1961)
• Malloy v. Hogan · 378 U.S. 1 (1964)
• Shapiro v. United States · 335 U.S. 1 (1948)
• Griffin v. California · 380 U.S. 609 (1965)
• Orloff v. Willoughby · 345 U.S. 83 (1953)
• Slochower v. Board of Higher Ed. of New York City · 350 U.S. 551 (1956)
• Hawker v. New York · 170 U.S. 189 (1898)
• Miranda v. Arizona · 384 U.S. 436 (1966)
• Boyd v. United States · 116 U.S. 616 (1886)
• Murphy v. Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor · 378 U.S. 52 (1964)
• Davis v. United States · 328 U.S. 582 (1946)
• Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal. · 366 U.S. 36 (1961)
• Gideon v. Wainwright · 372 U.S. 335 (1963)
• Schmerber v. California · 384 U.S. 757 (1966)
• Powell v. Alabama · 287 U.S. 45 (1932)
• Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NM · 353 U.S. 232 (1957)
• Brown v. Mississippi · 297 U.S. 278 (1936)
• Bates v. City of Little Rock · 361 U.S. 516 (1960)
• United States v. White · 322 U.S. 694 (1944)
• Dent v. West Virginia · 129 U.S. 114 (1889)
• Cole v. Arkansas · 333 U.S. 196 (1948)
• Maryland v. Soper, Judge · 270 U.S. 9 (1926)
• Barsky v. Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York · 347 U.S. 442 (1954)
• Beilan v. Board of Public Ed., School Dist. of Philadelphia · 357 U.S. 399 (1958)

Cited by

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• McKune v. Lile · 536 U.S. 24 (2002)
• Gardner v. Broderick · 392 U.S. 273 (1968)
• Baxter v. Palmigiano · 425 U.S. 308 (1976)
• Uniformed Sanitation Men Ass'n v. Commissioner of Sanitation of New York · 392 U.S. 280 (1968)
• Maracich v. Spears · 570 U.S. 48 (2013)
• California v. Byers · 402 U.S. 424 (1971)
• Selective Service System v. Minnesota Public Interest Research Group · 468 U.S. 841 (1984)
• Law Students Civil Rights Research Council, Inc. v. Wadmond · 401 U.S. 154 (1971)
• In Re GAULT · 387 U.S. 1 (1967)
• Dunn v. Blumstein · 405 U.S. 330 (1972)
• Minnesota v. Murphy · 465 U.S. 420 (1984)
• Bates v. State Bar of Arizona · 433 U.S. 350 (1977)
• McGautha v. California · 402 U.S. 183 (1971)
• In Re Ruffalo · 390 U.S. 544 (1968)
• Zauderer v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of Ohio · 471 U.S. 626 (1985)
• Brooks v. Tennessee · 406 U.S. 605 (1972)
• McNeil v. Director, Patuxent Institution · 407 U.S. 245 (1972)

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