Staub v. City of Baxley

Decided January 13, 1958. Charles Evans Whittaker delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 48 · 355 U.S. 313 (1958) · Cited 508 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.

• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444 (1938)
• Haguer v. Committee for Industrial Organization · 307 U.S. 496 (1939)
• Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington) · 308 U.S. 147 (1939)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• Jones v. Opelika · 316 U.S. 584 (1942)
• Muskrat v. United States · 219 U.S. 346 (1911)
• Niemotko v. Maryland · 340 U.S. 268 (1951)
• Davis v. Wechsler · 263 U.S. 22 (1923)
• First Nat. Bank of Guthrie Center v. Anderson · 269 U.S. 341 (1926)
• Largent v. Texas · 318 U.S. 418 (1943)
• Jones v. Opelika · 319 U.S. 103 (1943)
• Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 297 U.S. 288 (1936)
• Cohens v. Virginia · 19 U.S. 264 (1821)
• Massachusetts v. Mellon · 262 U.S. 447 (1923)
• Thomas v. Collins · 323 U.S. 516 (1945)
• Kunz v. New York · 340 U.S. 290 (1951)
• Liverpool, New York & Philadelphia Steamship Co. v. Commissioners of Emigration · 113 U.S. 33 (1885)
• Smith v. Cahoon · 283 U.S. 553 (1931)
• Dorchy v. Kansas · 264 U.S. 286 (1924)
• Chastleton Corp. v. Sinclair · 264 U.S. 543 (1924)
• New York Ex Rel. Hatch v. Reardon · 204 U.S. 152 (1907)
• Ward v. Board of Commr's of Love Cty. · 253 U.S. 17 (1920)

Cited by

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• Lee v. Kemna · 534 U.S. 362 (2002)
• Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham · 394 U.S. 147 (1969)
• City of Lakewood v. Plain Dealer Publishing Co. · 486 U.S. 750 (1988)
• Walker v. City of Birmingham · 388 U.S. 307 (1967)
• Times Film Corp. v. City of Chicago · 365 U.S. 43 (1961)
• Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
• Wright v. Georgia · 373 U.S. 284 (1963)
• FW/PBS, Inc. v. City of Dallas · 493 U.S. 215 (1990)
• Moore v. City of East Cleveland · 431 U.S. 494 (1977)
• Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego · 453 U.S. 490 (1981)
• Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier · 484 U.S. 260 (1988)
• Communist Party of United States v. Subversive Activities Control Bd. · 367 U.S. 1 (1961)
• Hynes v. Mayor and Council of Oradell · 425 U.S. 610 (1976)
• Gideon v. Wainwright · 372 U.S. 335 (1963)
• Wainwright v. Sykes · 433 U.S. 72 (1977)
• Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104 (1972)
• Fay v. Noia · 372 U.S. 391 (1963)
• Malloy v. Hogan · 378 U.S. 1 (1964)
• McGowan v. Maryland · 366 U.S. 420 (1961)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Shelton v. Tucker · 364 U.S. 479 (1960)
• Police Dept. of Chicago v. Mosley · 408 U.S. 92 (1972)
• Freedman v. Maryland · 380 U.S. 51 (1965)
• Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc. · 427 U.S. 50 (1976)
• Nixon v. Administrator of General Services · 433 U.S. 425 (1977)
• First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. County of Los Angeles · 482 U.S. 304 (1987)
• Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. · 452 U.S. 640 (1981)
• Smith v. California · 361 U.S. 147 (1959)
• Southeastern Promotions, Ltd. v. Conrad · 420 U.S. 546 (1975)

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