United States v. Mauro et al.

Decided May 23, 1978. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 76-1596 · 436 U.S. 340 (1978) · Cited 731 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• Carbo v. United States · 364 U.S. 611 (1961)
• Regional Rail Reorganization Act Cases · 419 U.S. 102 (1974)
• Smith v. Hooey · 393 U.S. 374 (1969)
• United States v. Correll · 389 U.S. 299 (1967)
• Ex Parte Bollman and Swartwout · 8 U.S. 75 (1807)
• United States v. Kahn · 415 U.S. 143 (1974)

Cited by

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

• Carchman v. Nash · 473 U.S. 716 (1985)
• Reed v. Farley · 512 U.S. 339 (1994)
• Fex v. Michigan · 507 U.S. 43 (1993)
• Cuyler v. Adams · 449 U.S. 433 (1981)
• Alabama v. Bozeman · 533 U.S. 146 (2001)
• County Court of Ulster Cty. v. Allen · 442 U.S. 140 (1979)

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