United States v. Harriss et al.

Decided June 7, 1954. Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 32 · 347 U.S. 612 (1954) · Cited 1,827 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–3.

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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.

• United States v. Petrillo · 332 U.S. 1 (1947)
• Winters v. New York · 333 U.S. 507 (1948)
• Jordan v. De George · 341 U.S. 223 (1951)
• United States v. Rumely · 345 U.S. 41 (1953)
• Fox v. Washington · 236 U.S. 273 (1915)
• Screws v. United States · 325 U.S. 91 (1945)
• United States v. Wurzbach · 280 U.S. 396 (1930)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• Connally v. General Construction Co. · 269 U.S. 385 (1926)
• Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88 (1940)
• United Public Workers of America v. Mitchell · 330 U.S. 75 (1947)
• Stromberg v. California · 283 U.S. 359 (1931)
• Lanzetta v. New Jersey · 306 U.S. 451 (1939)
• Thomas v. Collins · 323 U.S. 516 (1945)
• Dennis v. United States · 341 U.S. 494 (1951)
• Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson · 343 U.S. 495 (1952)
• United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Assn. · 322 U.S. 533 (1944)
• Boyce Motor Lines, Inc. v. United States · 342 U.S. 337 (1952)
• United States v. Borden Co. · 308 U.S. 188 (1939)
• Nash v. United States · 229 U.S. 373 (1913)
• Williams v. United States · 341 U.S. 97 (1951)
• Electric Bond & Share Co. v. Securities & Exchange Comm'n · 303 U.S. 419 (1938)
• Omaechevarria v. Idaho · 246 U.S. 343 (1918)
• Musser v. Utah · 333 U.S. 95 (1948)
• United States v. Congress of Industrial Organizations · 335 U.S. 106 (1948)
• Burroughs and Cannon v. United States · 290 U.S. 534 (1934)

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• Communist Party of United States v. Subversive Activities Control Bd. · 367 U.S. 1 (1961)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission · 558 U.S. 310 (2010)
• Roth v. United States · 354 U.S. 476 (1957)
• Parker v. Levy · 417 U.S. 733 (1974)
• McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission · 514 U.S. 334 (1995)
• Palmer v. City of Euclid · 402 U.S. 544 (1971)
• Monroe v. Pape · 365 U.S. 167 (1961)
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma · 413 U.S. 601 (1973)
• Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104 (1972)
• McGowan v. Maryland · 366 U.S. 420 (1961)
• Miller v. California · 413 U.S. 15 (1973)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• United States v. Lanier · 520 U.S. 259 (1997)
• Arnett v. Kennedy · 416 U.S. 134 (1974)
• Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc. · 365 U.S. 127 (1961)
• Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville · 405 U.S. 156 (1972)
• Bouie v. City of Columbia · 378 U.S. 347 (1964)
• Marks v. United States · 430 U.S. 188 (1977)
• Williams v. Rhodes · 393 U.S. 23 (1968)
• United States v. Batchelder · 442 U.S. 114 (1979)
• First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Bellotti · 435 U.S. 765 (1978)
• United States Civil Service Commission v. National Ass'n of Letter Carriers · 413 U.S. 548 (1973)
• Coates v. City of Cincinnati · 402 U.S. 611 (1971)
• Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton · 413 U.S. 49 (1973)
• Colten v. Kentucky · 407 U.S. 104 (1972)
• Colautti v. Franklin · 439 U.S. 379 (1979)
• United States v. National Dairy Products Corp. · 372 U.S. 29 (1963)
• Lambert v. California · 355 U.S. 225 (1957)
• Rogers v. Tennessee · 532 U.S. 451 (2001)

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