Takahashi v. Fish and Game Commission et al.

Decided June 7, 1948. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 533 · 334 U.S. 410 (1948) · Cited 486 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.

• Truax v. Raich · 239 U.S. 33 (1915)
• McCready v. Virginia · 94 U.S. 391 (1877)
• Terrace v. Thompson · 263 U.S. 197 (1923)
• Oyama v. California · 332 U.S. 633 (1948)
• Patsone v. Pennsylvania · 232 U.S. 138 (1914)
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356 (1886)
• Hines v. Davidowitz · 312 U.S. 52 (1941)
• Korematsu v. United States · 323 U.S. 214 (1945)
• Geer v. Connecticut · 161 U.S. 519 (1896)
• Hauenstein v. Lynham · 100 U.S. 483 (1880)
• Bayside Fish Flour Co. v. Gentry · 297 U.S. 422 (1936)
• Fong Yue Ting v. United States · 149 U.S. 698 (1893)
• United States v. California · 332 U.S. 19 (1947)
• United States v. Wong Kim Ark · 169 U.S. 649 (1898)
• Ex Parte Endo · 323 U.S. 283 (1945)
• Kotch v. Board of River Port Pilot Comm'rs for Port of New Orleans · 330 U.S. 552 (1947)
• Hurd v. Hodge · 334 U.S. 24 (1948)
• Foster-Fountain Packing Co. v. Haydel · 278 U.S. 1 (1928)
• Chy Lung v. Freeman · 92 U.S. 275 (1876)
• Ohio Ex Rel. Clarke v. Deckebach · 274 U.S. 392 (1927)

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• Toll v. Moreno · 458 U.S. 1 (1982)
• Graham v. Richardson · 403 U.S. 365 (1971)
• Sugarman v. Dougall · 413 U.S. 634 (1973)
• Plyler v. Doe · 457 U.S. 202 (1982)
• Cabell v. Chavez-Salido · 454 U.S. 432 (1982)
• United States v. Skrmetti · 605 U.S. 495 (2025)
• Jett v. Dallas Independent School District · 491 U.S. 701 (1989)
• Baldwin v. Fish and Game Comm'n of Mont. · 436 U.S. 371 (1978)
• Nyquist v. Mauclet · 432 U.S. 1 (1977)
• Douglas v. Seacoast Products, Inc. · 431 U.S. 265 (1977)
• Hughes v. Oklahoma · 441 U.S. 322 (1979)
• De Canas v. Bica · 424 U.S. 351 (1976)
• In Re Griffiths · 413 U.S. 717 (1973)
• Ambach v. Norwick · 441 U.S. 68 (1979)
• Boddie v. Connecticut · 401 U.S. 371 (1971)
• Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections · 383 U.S. 663 (1966)
• Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15 · 395 U.S. 621 (1969)
• American Communications Assn. v. Douds · 339 U.S. 382 (1950)
• Lindsey v. Normet · 405 U.S. 56 (1972)
• Harisiades v. Shaughnessy · 342 U.S. 580 (1952)
• Hernandez v. Texas · 347 U.S. 475 (1954)
• Reitman v. Mulkey · 387 U.S. 369 (1967)
• Oregon v. Mitchell · 400 U.S. 112 (1970)
• Stroble v. California · 343 U.S. 181 (1952)
• Examining Bd. of Engineers, Architects and Surveyors v. Flores De Otero · 426 U.S. 572 (1976)
• Railway Employes' Department v. Hanson · 351 U.S. 225 (1956)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Flowers · 377 U.S. 288 (1964)
• Barsky v. Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York · 347 U.S. 442 (1954)
• Hurtado v. United States · 410 U.S. 578 (1973)
• Perez v. Brownell · 356 U.S. 44 (1958)

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