Vance, Secretary of State v. Terrazas

Decided January 15, 1980. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 78-1143 · 444 U.S. 252 (1980) · Cited 138 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• Afroyim v. Rusk · 387 U.S. 253 (1967)
• Nishikawa v. Dulles · 356 U.S. 129 (1958)
• Perez v. Brownell · 356 U.S. 44 (1958)
• Addington v. Texas · 441 U.S. 418 (1979)
• Trop v. Dulles · 356 U.S. 86 (1958)
• Kawakita v. United States · 343 U.S. 717 (1952)
• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins · 304 U.S. 64 (1938)
• Mullaney v. Wilbur · 421 U.S. 684 (1975)
• Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation · 402 U.S. 313 (1971)
• Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez · 372 U.S. 144 (1963)
• Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co. · 428 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc. · 398 U.S. 375 (1970)
• Woodby v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 385 U.S. 276 (1966)
• Tot v. United States · 319 U.S. 463 (1943)
• Schneiderman v. United States · 320 U.S. 118 (1943)
• Hawkins v. United States · 358 U.S. 74 (1958)
• Perkins v. Elg · 307 U.S. 325 (1939)
• Silber v. United States · 370 U.S. 717 (1962)
• Vachon v. New Hampshire · 414 U.S. 478 (1974)

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• Genesis HealthCare Corp. v. Symczyk · 569 U.S. 66 (2013)
• Steadman v. Securities & Exchange Commission · 450 U.S. 91 (1981)
• Cuyler v. Sullivan · 446 U.S. 335 (1980)
• Caterpillar Inc. v. Lewis · 519 U.S. 61 (1996)
• Ohio v. Robinette · 519 U.S. 33 (1996)
• Dickerson v. United States · 530 U.S. 428 (2000)
• Herman & MacLean v. Huddleston · 459 U.S. 375 (1983)
• Landon v. Plasencia · 459 U.S. 21 (1982)
• Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Citizen Band of Potawatomi Tribe of Okla. · 498 U.S. 505 (1991)
• Thornton v. United States · 541 U.S. 615 (2004)
• Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. v. Arkansas Public Service Commission · 461 U.S. 375 (1983)
• United States v. International Business MacHines Corp. · 517 U.S. 843 (1996)
• Financial Oversight and Management Bd. for P. R. v. Centro De Periodismo Investigativo, Inc. · 598 U.S. 339 (2023)

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