United States v. Ramsey et al.

Decided June 6, 1977. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 76-167 · 431 U.S. 606 (1977) · Cited 663 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“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.

• Carroll v. United States · 267 U.S. 132 (1925)
• Wolff v. McDonnell · 418 U.S. 539 (1974)
• United States v. Brignoni-Ponce · 422 U.S. 873 (1975)
• Almeida-Sanchez v. United States · 413 U.S. 266 (1973)
• Boyd v. United States · 116 U.S. 616 (1886)
• Terry v. Ohio · 392 U.S. 1 (1968)
• United States v. Robinson · 414 U.S. 218 (1973)
• Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 297 U.S. 288 (1936)
• United States v. Martinez-Fuerte · 428 U.S. 543 (1976)
• Greene v. McElroy · 360 U.S. 474 (1959)
• United States v. Santana · 427 U.S. 38 (1976)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Bell Aerospace Co. · 416 U.S. 267 (1974)
• Stanford v. Texas · 379 U.S. 476 (1965)
• United States v. Biswell · 406 U.S. 311 (1972)
• Go-Bart Importing Co. v. United States · 282 U.S. 344 (1931)
• Hannah v. Larche · 363 U.S. 420 (1960)
• United States v. Thirty-Seven (37) Photographs · 402 U.S. 363 (1971)
• Ex Parte Jackson · 96 U.S. 727 (1878)
• United States v. 12 200-Ft. Reels of Super 8MM. Film · 413 U.S. 123 (1973)
• Roaden v. Kentucky · 413 U.S. 496 (1973)
• Helvering v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. · 306 U.S. 110 (1939)
• H. K. Porter Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 397 U.S. 99 (1970)
• Kremen v. United States · 353 U.S. 346 (1957)

Cited by

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

• United States v. Montoya De Hernandez · 473 U.S. 531 (1985)
• United States v. Villamonte-Marquez · 462 U.S. 579 (1983)
• Dalia v. United States · 441 U.S. 238 (1979)
• United States v. Flores-Montano · 541 U.S. 149 (2004)
• National Treasury Employees Union v. Von Raab · 489 U.S. 656 (1989)
• Bell v. Wolfish · 441 U.S. 520 (1979)
• Delaware v. Prouse · 440 U.S. 648 (1979)
• Arkansas v. Sanders · 442 U.S. 753 (1979)
• Illinois v. Andreas · 463 U.S. 765 (1983)
• Collins v. Virginia · 584 U.S. 586 (2018)
• Torres v. Puerto Rico · 442 U.S. 465 (1979)

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