United Public Workers of America (c. I. O.) et al. v. Mitchell et al.

Decided February 10, 1947. Stanley Forman Reed delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 20 · 330 U.S. 75 (1947) · Cited 1,457 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 4–3.

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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.

• Ex Parte Curtis · 106 U.S. 371 (1882)
• Alabama State Federation of Labor v. McAdory · 325 U.S. 450 (1945)
• Aetna Life Insurance v. Haworth · 300 U.S. 227 (1937)
• Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88 (1940)
• Watson v. Buck · 313 U.S. 387 (1941)
• Railway Mail Assn. v. Corsi · 326 U.S. 88 (1945)
• United States v. Wurzbach · 280 U.S. 396 (1930)
• Altvater v. Freeman · 319 U.S. 359 (1943)
• Coffman v. Breeze Corporations, Inc. · 323 U.S. 316 (1945)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• Maryland Casualty Co. v. Pacific Coal & Oil Co. · 312 U.S. 270 (1941)
• Fishgold v. Sullivan Drydock & Repair Corp. · 328 U.S. 275 (1946)
• MacAuley v. Waterman Steamship Corp. · 327 U.S. 540 (1946)
• Electric Bond & Share Co. v. Securities & Exchange Comm'n · 303 U.S. 419 (1938)
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire · 315 U.S. 568 (1942)
• Prince v. Massachusetts · 321 U.S. 158 (1944)
• United States v. Classic · 313 U.S. 299 (1941)
• Reynolds v. United States · 98 U.S. 145 (1879)
• Brillhart v. Excess Insurance Co. of America · 316 U.S. 491 (1942)
• Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington) · 308 U.S. 147 (1939)
• Myers v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. · 303 U.S. 41 (1938)
• Thomas v. Collins · 323 U.S. 516 (1945)
• Steele v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad · 323 U.S. 192 (1944)
• Murdock v. Pennsylvania · 319 U.S. 105 (1943)
• Marsh v. Alabama · 326 U.S. 501 (1946)
• Williams v. North Carolina · 325 U.S. 226 (1945)
• Cox v. New Hampshire · 312 U.S. 569 (1941)
• Bridges v. California · 314 U.S. 252 (1941)
• De Jonge v. Oregon · 299 U.S. 353 (1937)
• Republic Aviation Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 324 U.S. 793 (1945)

Cited by

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

• United States Civil Service Commission v. National Ass'n of Letter Carriers · 413 U.S. 548 (1973)
• United States v. National Treasury Employees Union · 513 U.S. 454 (1995)
• Elrod v. Burns · 427 U.S. 347 (1976)
• Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois · 497 U.S. 62 (1990)
• Clements v. Fashing · 457 U.S. 957 (1982)
• Adler v. Board of Ed. of City of New York · 342 U.S. 485 (1952)
• Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroy · 367 U.S. 886 (1961)
• American Communications Assn. v. Douds · 339 U.S. 382 (1950)
• Wieman v. Updegraff · 344 U.S. 183 (1952)
• Federal Communications Commission v. League of Women Voters of California · 468 U.S. 364 (1984)
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma · 413 U.S. 601 (1973)
• Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Powell v. McCormack · 395 U.S. 486 (1969)
• Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath · 341 U.S. 123 (1951)
• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission · 558 U.S. 310 (2010)
• Poe v. Ullman · 367 U.S. 497 (1961)
• Communist Party of United States v. Subversive Activities Control Bd. · 367 U.S. 1 (1961)
• Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. Myers · 461 U.S. 138 (1983)
• O'Shea v. Littleton · 414 U.S. 488 (1974)
• Flast v. Cohen · 392 U.S. 83 (1968)
• Branti v. Finkel · 445 U.S. 507 (1980)
• Vitek v. Jones · 445 U.S. 480 (1980)
• Golden v. Zwickler · 394 U.S. 103 (1969)
• Rescue Army v. Municipal Court of Los Angeles · 331 U.S. 549 (1947)
• Ellis v. Dyson · 421 U.S. 426 (1975)
• Warth v. Seldin · 422 U.S. 490 (1975)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• City of Los Angeles v. Lyons · 461 U.S. 95 (1983)
• Perry v. Sindermann · 408 U.S. 593 (1972)
• Pennsylvania v. Finley · 481 U.S. 551 (1987)

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