United States v. Brown

Decided June 7, 1965. Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 399 · 381 U.S. 437 (1965) · Cited 529 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• American Communications Assn. v. Douds · 339 U.S. 382 (1950)
• United States v. Lovett · 328 U.S. 303 (1946)
• Communist Party of United States v. Subversive Activities Control Bd. · 367 U.S. 1 (1961)
• Hawker v. New York · 170 U.S. 189 (1898)
• Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System v. Agnew · 329 U.S. 441 (1947)
• Ex Parte Garland · 71 U.S. 333 (1867)
• Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez · 372 U.S. 144 (1963)
• De Veau v. Braisted · 363 U.S. 144 (1960)
• Trop v. Dulles · 356 U.S. 86 (1958)
• Dent v. West Virginia · 129 U.S. 114 (1889)
• Calder v. Bull · 3 U.S. 386 (1798)
• Flemming v. Nestor · 363 U.S. 603 (1960)
• Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NM · 353 U.S. 232 (1957)
• Aptheker v. Secretary of State · 378 U.S. 500 (1964)
• Patsone v. Pennsylvania · 232 U.S. 138 (1914)
• Noto v. United States · 367 U.S. 290 (1961)
• Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer · 343 U.S. 579 (1952)
• Ogden v. Saunders · 25 U.S. 213 (1827)
• Wieman v. Updegraff · 344 U.S. 183 (1952)
• Sweezy v. New Hampshire Ex Rel. Wyman · 354 U.S. 234 (1957)
• Muskrat v. United States · 219 U.S. 346 (1911)
• Schneiderman v. United States · 320 U.S. 118 (1943)
• Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. New York · 336 U.S. 106 (1949)
• Semler v. Oregon State Board of Dental Examiners · 294 U.S. 608 (1935)
• Garner v. Board of Public Works of Los Angeles · 341 U.S. 716 (1951)
• Blau v. Lehman · 368 U.S. 403 (1962)
• Reetz v. Michigan · 188 U.S. 505 (1903)
• New York Ex Rel. Bryant v. Zimmerman · 278 U.S. 63 (1928)

Cited by

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

• Nixon v. Administrator of General Services · 433 U.S. 425 (1977)
• Dennis v. United States · 384 U.S. 855 (1966)
• Bryson v. United States · 396 U.S. 64 (1969)
• Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc. · 514 U.S. 211 (1995)
• Selective Service System v. Minnesota Public Interest Research Group · 468 U.S. 841 (1984)
• McGautha v. California · 402 U.S. 183 (1971)
• United States v. Robel · 389 U.S. 258 (1967)
• Landgraf v. USI Film Products · 511 U.S. 244 (1994)
• Powell v. McCormack · 395 U.S. 486 (1969)
• Mistretta v. United States · 488 U.S. 361 (1989)
• Kansas v. Hendricks · 521 U.S. 346 (1997)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
• Williams v. Florida · 399 U.S. 78 (1970)
• Romer v. Evans · 517 U.S. 620 (1996)
• South Carolina v. Katzenbach · 383 U.S. 301 (1966)
• Specht v. Patterson · 386 U.S. 605 (1967)
• Lynce v. Mathis · 519 U.S. 433 (1997)
• United States v. Brewster · 408 U.S. 501 (1972)
• Colgrove v. Battin · 413 U.S. 149 (1973)
• Denezpi v. United States · 596 U.S. 591 (2022)

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