Turner et al. v. Fouche et al.

Decided January 19, 1970. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 23 · 396 U.S. 346 (1970) · Cited 642 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

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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.

• Avery v. Georgia · 345 U.S. 559 (1953)
• Whitus v. Georgia · 385 U.S. 545 (1967)
• Snowden v. Hughes · 321 U.S. 1 (1944)
• Strauder v. West Virginia · 100 U.S. 303 (1880)
• Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15 · 395 U.S. 621 (1969)
• Carrington v. Rash · 380 U.S. 89 (1965)
• Cipriano v. City of Houma · 395 U.S. 701 (1969)
• Sailors v. Board of Ed. of Kent Cty. · 387 U.S. 105 (1967)
• Ex Parte Bransford · 310 U.S. 354 (1940)
• Flast v. Cohen · 392 U.S. 83 (1968)
• McGowan v. Maryland · 366 U.S. 420 (1961)
• Brown v. Allen · 344 U.S. 443 (1953)
• Leary v. United States · 395 U.S. 6 (1969)
• Tot v. United States · 319 U.S. 463 (1943)
• Zemel v. Rusk · 381 U.S. 1 (1965)
• Hernandez v. Texas · 347 U.S. 475 (1954)
• Norris v. Alabama · 294 U.S. 587 (1935)
• Ex Parte Poresky · 290 U.S. 30 (1933)
• Idlewild Bon Voyage Liquor Corp. v. Epstein · 370 U.S. 713 (1962)
• Neal v. Delaware · 103 U.S. 370 (1881)
• Swift & Co. v. Wickham · 382 U.S. 111 (1965)
• Louisiana v. United States · 380 U.S. 145 (1965)
• Hill v. Texas · 316 U.S. 400 (1942)
• Kotch v. Board of River Port Pilot Comm'rs for Port of New Orleans · 330 U.S. 552 (1947)
• Spielman Motor Sales Co. v. Dodge · 295 U.S. 89 (1935)
• Lassiter v. Northampton County Board of Elections · 360 U.S. 45 (1959)
• Paul v. United States · 371 U.S. 245 (1963)
• Moody v. Flowers · 387 U.S. 97 (1967)
• California Water Service Co. v. City of Redding · 304 U.S. 252 (1938)
• Patton v. Mississippi · 332 U.S. 463 (1947)

Cited by

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

• Castaneda v. Partida · 430 U.S. 482 (1977)
• Northeastern Florida Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America v. City of Jacksonville · 508 U.S. 656 (1993)
• Rose v. Mitchell · 443 U.S. 545 (1979)
• McCleskey v. Kemp · 481 U.S. 279 (1987)
• Bullock v. Carter · 405 U.S. 134 (1972)
• Alexander v. Louisiana · 405 U.S. 625 (1972)
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · 431 U.S. 324 (1977)
• Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · 429 U.S. 252 (1977)
• Hernandez v. New York · 500 U.S. 352 (1991)
• Washington v. Davis · 426 U.S. 229 (1976)
• Duren v. Missouri · 439 U.S. 357 (1979)
• Clements v. Fashing · 457 U.S. 957 (1982)
• Burson v. Freeman · 504 U.S. 191 (1992)
• Washington v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation · 447 U.S. 134 (1980)
• Clinton v. City of New York · 524 U.S. 417 (1998)
• Peters v. Kiff · 407 U.S. 493 (1972)
• Lubin v. Panish · 415 U.S. 709 (1974)
• Gratz v. Bollinger · 539 U.S. 244 (2003)
• Mayor of Philadelphia v. Educational Equality League · 415 U.S. 605 (1974)
• Holt Civic Club v. City of Tuscaloosa · 439 U.S. 60 (1978)
• Hill v. Stone · 421 U.S. 289 (1975)
• Haaland v. Brackeen · 599 U.S. 255 (2023)

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