Steffel v. Thompson et al.

Decided March 19, 1974. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 72-5581 · 415 U.S. 452 (1974) · Cited 2,574 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.

• Younger v. Harris · 401 U.S. 37 (1971)
• SAMUELS Et Al. v. MACKELL, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF QUEENS COUNTY, Et Al. · 401 U.S. 66 (1971)
• Zwickler v. Koota · 389 U.S. 241 (1967)
• Perez v. Ledesma · 401 U.S. 82 (1971)
• Roe v. Wade · 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• Dombrowski v. Pfister · 380 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Cameron v. Johnson · 390 U.S. 611 (1968)
• Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. v. Huffman · 319 U.S. 293 (1943)
• Lake Carriers' Assn. v. MacMullan · 406 U.S. 498 (1972)
• Aetna Life Insurance v. Haworth · 300 U.S. 227 (1937)
• Doe v. Bolton · 410 U.S. 179 (1973)
• Douglas v. City of Jeannette · 319 U.S. 157 (1943)
• United States v. Thirty-Seven (37) Photographs · 402 U.S. 363 (1971)
• Boyle v. Landry · 401 U.S. 77 (1971)
• Fenner v. Boykin · 271 U.S. 240 (1926)
• Monroe v. Pape · 365 U.S. 167 (1961)
• Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. · 272 U.S. 365 (1926)
• Maryland Casualty Co. v. Pacific Coal & Oil Co. · 312 U.S. 270 (1941)
• Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez · 372 U.S. 144 (1963)
• United States v. Munsingwear, Inc. · 340 U.S. 36 (1950)
• Wisconsin v. Constantineau · 400 U.S. 433 (1971)
• Gooding v. Wilson · 405 U.S. 518 (1972)
• Golden v. Zwickler · 394 U.S. 103 (1969)
• Poe v. Ullman · 367 U.S. 497 (1961)
• Baggett v. Bullitt · 377 U.S. 360 (1964)
• Epperson v. Arkansas · 393 U.S. 97 (1968)
• McNeese v. Board of Education for Community Unit School District 187 Cahokia · 373 U.S. 668 (1963)
• Idlewild Bon Voyage Liquor Corp. v. Epstein · 370 U.S. 713 (1962)
• Terrace v. Thompson · 263 U.S. 197 (1923)
• Watson v. Buck · 313 U.S. 387 (1941)

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• Ellis v. Dyson · 421 U.S. 426 (1975)
• MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc. · 549 U.S. 118 (2007)
• Allee v. Medrano · 416 U.S. 802 (1974)
• Edgar v. Mite Corp. · 457 U.S. 624 (1982)
• Hicks v. Miranda · 422 U.S. 332 (1975)
• Doran v. Salem Inn, Inc. · 422 U.S. 922 (1975)
• Ohio Civil Rights Commission v. Dayton Christian Schools, Inc. · 477 U.S. 619 (1986)
• Calderon v. Ashmus · 523 U.S. 740 (1998)
• Wooley v. Maynard · 430 U.S. 705 (1977)
• Trainor v. Hernandez · 431 U.S. 434 (1977)
• Huffman v. Pursue, Ltd. · 420 U.S. 592 (1975)
• Moore v. Sims · 442 U.S. 415 (1979)
• Juidice v. Vail · 430 U.S. 327 (1977)
• City of Los Angeles v. Lyons · 461 U.S. 95 (1983)
• Babbitt v. United Farm Workers National Union · 442 U.S. 289 (1979)
• Green v. Mansour · 474 U.S. 64 (1985)
• Fair Assessment in Real Estate Assn., Inc. v. McNary · 454 U.S. 100 (1981)
• Kowalski v. Tesmer · 543 U.S. 125 (2004)
• Republic National Bank of Miami v. United States · 506 U.S. 80 (1992)
• Seatrain Shipbuilding Corp. v. Shell Oil Co. · 444 U.S. 572 (1980)
• Jackson v. Virginia · 443 U.S. 307 (1979)
• Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 555 U.S. 7 (2008)
• Carnegie-Mellon University v. Cohill · 484 U.S. 343 (1988)
• Murray v. Carrier · 477 U.S. 478 (1986)
• Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc. · 528 U.S. 167 (2000)
• Lockhart v. Fretwell · 506 U.S. 364 (1993)
• Pennsylvania v. Finley · 481 U.S. 551 (1987)
• Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc. · 455 U.S. 489 (1982)
• Kolender v. Lawson · 461 U.S. 352 (1983)
• Middlesex County Ethics Committee v. Garden State Bar Ass'n · 457 U.S. 423 (1982)

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