Terry et al. v. Adams et al.

Decided May 4, 1953. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 52 · 345 U.S. 461 (1953) · Cited 629 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.

• Smith v. Allwright · 321 U.S. 649 (1944)
• Ex Parte Yarbrough · 110 U.S. 651 (1884)
• Collins v. Hardyman · 341 U.S. 651 (1951)
• Shelley v. Kraemer · 334 U.S. 1 (1948)
• United States v. Cruikshank · 92 U.S. 542 (1876)
• United States v. REESE · 92 U.S. 214 (1876)
• Nixon v. Condon · 286 U.S. 73 (1932)
• Guinn v. United States · 238 U.S. 347 (1915)
• United States v. Classic · 313 U.S. 299 (1941)
• Snowden v. Hughes · 321 U.S. 1 (1944)
• Civil Rights Cases · 109 U.S. 3 (1883)
• Neal v. Delaware · 103 U.S. 370 (1881)
• Lane v. Wilson · 307 U.S. 268 (1939)
• Nixon v. Herndon · 273 U.S. 536 (1927)
• Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Browning · 310 U.S. 362 (1940)

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• Morse v. Republican Party of Virginia · 517 U.S. 186 (1996)
• City of Mobile v. Bolden · 446 U.S. 55 (1980)
• California Democratic Party v. Jones · 530 U.S. 567 (2000)
• Flagg Bros., Inc. v. Brooks · 436 U.S. 149 (1978)
• Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co. · 500 U.S. 614 (1991)
• Rice v. Cayetano · 528 U.S. 495 (2000)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• Bush v. Vera · 517 U.S. 952 (1996)
• Clingman v. Beaver · 544 U.S. 581 (2005)
• Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co. · 457 U.S. 922 (1982)
• Evans v. Newton · 382 U.S. 296 (1966)
• Reynolds v. Sims · 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
• Swain v. Alabama · 380 U.S. 202 (1965)
• Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co. · 419 U.S. 345 (1974)
• Rendell-Baker v. Kohn · 457 U.S. 830 (1982)
• United States v. Price · 383 U.S. 787 (1966)
• South Carolina v. Katzenbach · 383 U.S. 301 (1966)
• Gray v. Sanders · 372 U.S. 368 (1963)
• San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc. v. United States Olympic Committee · 483 U.S. 522 (1987)
• Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck · 587 U.S. 802 (2019)
• Shelby County v. Holder · 570 U.S. 529 (2013)
• Bell v. Maryland · 378 U.S. 226 (1964)
• Cousins v. Wigoda · 419 U.S. 477 (1975)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Brentwood Academy v. Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Assn. · 531 U.S. 288 (2001)
• Bullock v. Carter · 405 U.S. 134 (1972)
• Georgia v. McCollum · 505 U.S. 42 (1992)
• Bantam Books, Inc. v. Sullivan · 372 U.S. 58 (1963)
• Hannah v. Larche · 363 U.S. 420 (1960)
• Reitman v. Mulkey · 387 U.S. 369 (1967)

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