United States v. Batchelder

Decided June 4, 1979. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 78-776 · 442 U.S. 114 (1979) · Cited 1,568 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.

• United States v. Bass · 404 U.S. 336 (1971)
• Oyler v. Boles · 368 U.S. 448 (1962)
• Berra v. United States · 351 U.S. 131 (1956)
• United States v. Evans · 333 U.S. 483 (1948)
• United States v. Nixon · 418 U.S. 683 (1974)
• Scarborough v. United States · 431 U.S. 563 (1977)
• United States v. Naftalin · 441 U.S. 768 (1979)
• Barrett v. United States · 423 U.S. 212 (1976)
• United States v. Culbert · 435 U.S. 371 (1978)
• Connally v. General Construction Co. · 269 U.S. 385 (1926)
• Bordenkircher v. Hayes · 434 U.S. 357 (1978)
• Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville · 405 U.S. 156 (1972)
• United States v. Harriss · 347 U.S. 612 (1954)
• Crowell v. Benson · 285 U.S. 22 (1932)
• Lanzetta v. New Jersey · 306 U.S. 451 (1939)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. National Securities, Inc. · 393 U.S. 453 (1969)
• The United States v. Hudson and Goodwin · 11 U.S. 32 (1812)
• United States v. Borden Co. · 308 U.S. 188 (1939)
• Radzanower v. Touche Ross & Co. · 426 U.S. 148 (1976)
• Rewis v. United States · 401 U.S. 808 (1971)
• United States v. Grimaud · 220 U.S. 506 (1911)
• Simpson v. United States · 435 U.S. 6 (1978)
• Shapiro v. United States · 335 U.S. 1 (1948)
• Giaccio v. Pennsylvania · 382 U.S. 399 (1966)
• Swain v. Pressley · 430 U.S. 372 (1977)
• United States v. Brown · 333 U.S. 18 (1948)
• Confiscation Cases · 74 U.S. 454 (1869)
• United States v. Sullivan · 332 U.S. 689 (1948)
• United States v. Beacon Brass Co. · 344 U.S. 43 (1952)
• Rosenberg v. United States · 346 U.S. 273 (1953)

Cited by

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

• Ball v. United States · 470 U.S. 856 (1985)
• Beckles v. United States · 580 U.S. 256 (2017)
• Johnson v. United States · 576 U.S. 591 (2015)
• Heckler v. Chaney · 470 U.S. 821 (1985)
• Lewis v. United States · 445 U.S. 55 (1980)
• Bond v. United States · 572 U.S. 844 (2014)
• Vasquez v. Hillery · 474 U.S. 254 (1986)
• Hubbard v. United States · 514 U.S. 695 (1995)
• McCleskey v. Kemp · 481 U.S. 279 (1987)
• Florida Power & Light Co. v. Lorion · 470 U.S. 729 (1985)
• United States v. Armstrong · 517 U.S. 456 (1996)
• Wayte v. United States · 470 U.S. 598 (1985)
• Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Haslip · 499 U.S. 1 (1991)
• Watt v. Alaska · 451 U.S. 259 (1981)
• Bifulco v. United States · 447 U.S. 381 (1980)
• Heckler v. Mathews · 465 U.S. 728 (1984)
• United States v. Aguilar · 515 U.S. 593 (1995)
• Dowling v. United States · 473 U.S. 207 (1985)
• Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Crenshaw · 486 U.S. 71 (1988)
• Pulsifer v. United States · 601 U.S. 124 (2024)

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