United States v. Guest et al.

Decided March 28, 1966. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 65 · 383 U.S. 745 (1966) · Cited 721 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

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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.

• Crandall v. Nevada · 73 U.S. 35 (1868)
• Edwards v. California · 314 U.S. 160 (1941)
• Screws v. United States · 325 U.S. 91 (1945)
• United States v. Cruikshank · 92 U.S. 542 (1876)
• Bell v. Maryland · 378 U.S. 226 (1964)
• In Re Debs · 158 U.S. 564 (1895)
• United States v. Borden Co. · 308 U.S. 188 (1939)
• United States v. Williams · 341 U.S. 70 (1951)
• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins · 304 U.S. 64 (1938)
• United States v. Classic · 313 U.S. 299 (1941)
• Kent v. Dulles · 357 U.S. 116 (1958)
• Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority · 365 U.S. 715 (1961)
• Civil Rights Cases · 109 U.S. 3 (1883)
• Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States · 379 U.S. 241 (1964)
• Twining v. New Jersey · 211 U.S. 78 (1908)
• Aptheker v. Secretary of State · 378 U.S. 500 (1964)
• Evans v. Newton · 382 U.S. 296 (1966)
• Katzenbach v. McClung · 379 U.S. 294 (1964)
• Ex Parte Yarbrough · 110 U.S. 651 (1884)
• Williams v. Fears · 179 U.S. 270 (1900)
• Boynton v. Virginia · 364 U.S. 454 (1960)
• New York v. O'NEILL · 359 U.S. 1 (1959)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• Monroe v. Pape · 365 U.S. 167 (1961)
• Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
• Haguer v. Committee for Industrial Organization · 307 U.S. 496 (1939)
• Shelley v. Kraemer · 334 U.S. 1 (1948)
• Strauder v. West Virginia · 100 U.S. 303 (1880)
• United States v. Darby · 312 U.S. 100 (1941)
• American Communications Assn. v. Douds · 339 U.S. 382 (1950)

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• Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic · 506 U.S. 263 (1993)
• United States v. Morrison · 529 U.S. 598 (2000)
• Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · 398 U.S. 144 (1970)
• Shapiro v. Thompson · 394 U.S. 618 (1969)
• Oregon v. Mitchell · 400 U.S. 112 (1970)
• Chapman v. Houston Welfare Rights Organization · 441 U.S. 600 (1979)
• Anderson v. United States · 417 U.S. 211 (1974)
• United States v. Kozminski · 487 U.S. 931 (1988)
• Jones v. Helms · 452 U.S. 412 (1981)
• Griffin v. Breckenridge · 403 U.S. 88 (1971)
• Saenz v. Roe · 526 U.S. 489 (1999)
• Nevada v. Hall · 440 U.S. 410 (1979)
• Palmer v. Thompson · 403 U.S. 217 (1971)
• Attorney General of New York v. Soto-Lopez · 476 U.S. 898 (1986)
• Evansville-Vanderburgh Airport Authority District v. Delta Airlines, Inc. · 405 U.S. 707 (1972)
• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · 411 U.S. 1 (1973)
• City of Greenwood v. Peacock · 384 U.S. 808 (1966)
• District of Columbia v. Carter · 409 U.S. 418 (1973)
• Zobel v. Williams · 457 U.S. 55 (1982)
• Roe v. Wade · 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• O'Shea v. Littleton · 414 U.S. 488 (1974)
• United States v. Lanier · 520 U.S. 259 (1997)
• Dunn v. Blumstein · 405 U.S. 330 (1972)
• Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia · 448 U.S. 555 (1980)
• City of Boerne v. Flores · 521 U.S. 507 (1997)
• Graham v. Richardson · 403 U.S. 365 (1971)
• United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, Local 610 v. Scott · 463 U.S. 825 (1983)
• Zablocki v. Redhail · 434 U.S. 374 (1978)
• Virginia v. Black · 538 U.S. 343 (2003)
• Memorial Hospital v. Maricopa County · 415 U.S. 250 (1974)

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