United States v. Romano et al.
Decided November 22, 1965. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 2 · 382 U.S. 136 (1965) · Cited 366 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 9–0.
Majority · 6
- Byron Raymond White · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Earl Warren
- John Marshall Harlan
- Potter Stewart
- Tom C. Clark
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
Concurring · 3
- Abe Fortas
- Hugo Lafayette Black · filed a concurring opinion
- William Orville Douglas · filed a concurring opinion
“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.
- United States v. Gainey · 380 U.S. 63 (1965)
- Bozza v. United States · 330 U.S. 160 (1947)
- Tot v. United States · 319 U.S. 463 (1943)
- Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co. · 220 U.S. 61 (1911)
- United States v. Universal C. I. T. Credit Corp. · 344 U.S. 218 (1952)
- Sinclair v. United States · 279 U.S. 263 (1929)
- Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad v. Turnipseed · 219 U.S. 35 (1910)
- Morrison v. California · 291 U.S. 82 (1934)
- Bailey v. Alabama · 219 U.S. 219 (1911)
- Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Henderson · 279 U.S. 639 (1929)
- McFarland v. American Sugar Refining Co. · 241 U.S. 79 (1916)
- Manley v. Georgia · 279 U.S. 1 (1929)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- County Court of Ulster Cty. v. Allen · 442 U.S. 140 (1979)
- Leary v. United States · 395 U.S. 6 (1969)
- Barnes v. United States · 412 U.S. 837 (1973)
- Turner v. United States · 396 U.S. 398 (1970)
- Patterson v. New York · 432 U.S. 197 (1977)
- Miranda v. Arizona · 384 U.S. 436 (1966)
- Sandstrom v. Montana · 442 U.S. 510 (1979)
- McMillan v. Pennsylvania · 477 U.S. 79 (1986)
- South Carolina v. Katzenbach · 383 U.S. 301 (1966)
- United States v. Johnson · 383 U.S. 169 (1966)
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