Yates et al. v. United States

Decided June 17, 1957. John Marshall Harlan delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 6 · 354 U.S. 298 (1957) · Cited 1,277 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–1.

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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.

• Dennis v. United States · 341 U.S. 494 (1951)
• Schneiderman v. United States · 320 U.S. 118 (1943)
• Gitlow v. New York · 268 U.S. 652 (1925)
• Stromberg v. California · 283 U.S. 359 (1931)
• United States v. Wiltberger · 18 U.S. 76 (1820)
• Cramer v. United States · 325 U.S. 1 (1945)
• Commissioner v. Sunnen · 333 U.S. 591 (1948)
• Wade v. Hunter · 336 U.S. 684 (1949)
• United States v. Cruikshank · 92 U.S. 542 (1876)
• Helvering v. Mitchell · 303 U.S. 391 (1938)
• Klapprott v. United States · 335 U.S. 601 (1949)
• Schenck v. United States · 249 U.S. 47 (1919)
• Williams v. North Carolina · 317 U.S. 287 (1943)
• Bollenbach v. United States · 326 U.S. 607 (1946)
• American Communications Assn. v. Douds · 339 U.S. 382 (1950)
• Giboney v. Empire Storage & Ice Co. · 336 U.S. 490 (1949)
• Braverman v. United States · 317 U.S. 49 (1942)
• De Jonge v. Oregon · 299 U.S. 353 (1937)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Cement Institute · 333 U.S. 683 (1948)
• Sealfon v. United States · 332 U.S. 575 (1948)
• Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 319 U.S. 533 (1943)
• Tait v. Western Maryland Railway Co. · 289 U.S. 620 (1933)
• United States v. Oppenheimer · 242 U.S. 85 (1916)
• United States v. Rabinowich · 238 U.S. 78 (1915)
• United States v. City & County of San Francisco · 310 U.S. 16 (1940)
• Bryan v. United States · 338 U.S. 552 (1950)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Virginia Electric & Power Co. · 314 U.S. 469 (1941)
• United States v. Lacher · 134 U.S. 624 (1890)
• Fox v. Washington · 236 U.S. 273 (1915)
• United States v. Gradwell · 243 U.S. 476 (1917)

Cited by

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• Scales v. United States · 367 U.S. 203 (1961)
• Griffin v. United States · 502 U.S. 46 (1991)
• Communist Party of United States v. Subversive Activities Control Bd. · 367 U.S. 1 (1961)
• Burks v. United States · 437 U.S. 1 (1978)
• Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
• Noto v. United States · 367 U.S. 290 (1961)
• Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NY · 385 U.S. 589 (1967)
• Brandenburg v. Ohio · 395 U.S. 444 (1969)
• Hedgpeth v. Pulido · 555 U.S. 57 (2008)
• Killian v. United States · 368 U.S. 231 (1961)
• Street v. New York · 394 U.S. 576 (1969)
• In Re Sawyer · 360 U.S. 622 (1959)
• Zant v. Stephens · 462 U.S. 862 (1983)
• Baggett v. Bullitt · 377 U.S. 360 (1964)
• Healy v. James · 408 U.S. 169 (1972)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• Dombrowski v. Pfister · 380 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Boyde v. California · 494 U.S. 370 (1990)
• Cohen v. California · 403 U.S. 15 (1971)
• Iannelli v. United States · 420 U.S. 770 (1975)
• Mills v. Maryland · 486 U.S. 367 (1988)
• New York Times Co. v. United States · 403 U.S. 713 (1971)
• United States v. X-Citement Video, Inc. · 513 U.S. 64 (1994)
• Grosso v. United States · 390 U.S. 62 (1968)
• Welsh v. United States · 398 U.S. 333 (1970)
• Greer v. Spock · 424 U.S. 828 (1976)
• Haynes v. United States · 390 U.S. 85 (1968)
• Anderson v. United States · 417 U.S. 211 (1974)
• Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal. · 366 U.S. 36 (1961)
• Barenblatt v. United States · 360 U.S. 109 (1959)

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