Thompson v. City of Louisville et al.

Decided March 21, 1960. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 59 · 362 U.S. 199 (1960) · Cited 801 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356 (1886)
• Mooney v. Holohan · 294 U.S. 103 (1935)
• Lanzetta v. New Jersey · 306 U.S. 451 (1939)
• Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NM · 353 U.S. 232 (1957)
• Tot v. United States · 319 U.S. 463 (1943)
• De Jonge v. Oregon · 299 U.S. 353 (1937)
• Cole v. Arkansas · 333 U.S. 196 (1948)
• Moore v. Dempsey · 261 U.S. 86 (1923)
• Akins v. Texas · 325 U.S. 398 (1945)
• United States Ex Rel. Vajtauer v. Commissioner of Immigration · 273 U.S. 103 (1927)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia · 443 U.S. 307 (1979)
• Garner v. Louisiana · 368 U.S. 157 (1961)
• Vachon v. New Hampshire · 414 U.S. 478 (1974)
• Culombe v. Connecticut · 367 U.S. 568 (1961)
• Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham · 382 U.S. 87 (1965)
• California v. Green · 399 U.S. 149 (1970)
• Wood v. Strickland · 420 U.S. 308 (1975)
• Manuel v. City of Joliet · 580 U.S. 357 (2017)
• Cox v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 559 (1965)
• Bouie v. City of Columbia · 378 U.S. 347 (1964)
• Dretke v. Haley · 541 U.S. 386 (2004)
• Barr v. City of Columbia · 378 U.S. 146 (1964)
• Chapman v. California · 386 U.S. 18 (1967)
• Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Sibron v. New York · 392 U.S. 40 (1968)
• Irvin v. Dowd · 366 U.S. 717 (1961)
• Smith v. Phillips · 455 U.S. 209 (1982)
• Boddie v. Connecticut · 401 U.S. 371 (1971)
• Fahy v. Connecticut · 375 U.S. 85 (1963)
• Leary v. United States · 395 U.S. 6 (1969)
• Morgan v. Illinois · 504 U.S. 719 (1992)
• Cox v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 536 (1965)
• Rogers v. Richmond · 365 U.S. 534 (1961)
• Jacobellis v. Ohio · 378 U.S. 184 (1964)
• Poe v. Ullman · 367 U.S. 497 (1961)
• Turner v. United States · 396 U.S. 398 (1970)
• McGautha v. California · 402 U.S. 183 (1971)
• Turner v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 466 (1965)
• City of Greenwood v. Peacock · 384 U.S. 808 (1966)
• Stanford v. Texas · 379 U.S. 476 (1965)

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