Younger, District Attorney of Los Angeles County v. Harris et al.

Decided February 23, 1971. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 2 · 401 U.S. 37 (1971) · Cited 14,568 times

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Decided 8–1.

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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.

• Dombrowski v. Pfister · 380 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Douglas v. City of Jeannette · 319 U.S. 157 (1943)
• Watson v. Buck · 313 U.S. 387 (1941)
• Toucey v. New York Life Insurance · 314 U.S. 118 (1941)
• Brandenburg v. Ohio · 395 U.S. 444 (1969)
• Baggett v. Bullitt · 377 U.S. 360 (1964)
• Whitney v. California · 274 U.S. 357 (1927)
• Fenner v. Boykin · 271 U.S. 240 (1926)
• Beal v. Missouri Pacific R. Corp. · 312 U.S. 45 (1941)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• Golden v. Zwickler · 394 U.S. 103 (1969)
• Cameron v. Johnson · 390 U.S. 611 (1968)
• Monroe v. Pape · 365 U.S. 167 (1961)
• Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88 (1940)
• Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington) · 308 U.S. 147 (1939)
• Wisconsin v. Constantineau · 400 U.S. 433 (1971)
• Rosado v. Wyman · 397 U.S. 397 (1970)
• Zwickler v. Koota · 389 U.S. 241 (1967)
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers · 398 U.S. 281 (1970)
• Winters v. New York · 333 U.S. 507 (1948)
• McNeese v. Board of Education for Community Unit School District 187 Cahokia · 373 U.S. 668 (1963)
• Georgia v. Rachel · 384 U.S. 780 (1966)
• United Mine Workers v. Illinois State Bar Ass'n · 389 U.S. 217 (1967)
• Terrace v. Thompson · 263 U.S. 197 (1923)
• Spielman Motor Sales Co. v. Dodge · 295 U.S. 89 (1935)
• Leiter Minerals, Inc. v. United States · 352 U.S. 220 (1957)
• Evers v. Dwyer · 358 U.S. 202 (1958)

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• Trainor v. Hernandez · 431 U.S. 434 (1977)
• Allee v. Medrano · 416 U.S. 802 (1974)
• Huffman v. Pursue, Ltd. · 420 U.S. 592 (1975)
• New Orleans Public Service, Inc. v. Council of City of New Orleans · 491 U.S. 350 (1989)
• Moore v. Sims · 442 U.S. 415 (1979)
• Juidice v. Vail · 430 U.S. 327 (1977)
• Pennzoil Co. v. Texaco Inc. · 481 U.S. 1 (1987)
• Hicks v. Miranda · 422 U.S. 332 (1975)
• Deakins v. Monaghan · 484 U.S. 193 (1988)
• Doran v. Salem Inn, Inc. · 422 U.S. 922 (1975)
• Steffel v. Thompson · 415 U.S. 452 (1974)
• Middlesex County Ethics Committee v. Garden State Bar Ass'n · 457 U.S. 423 (1982)
• Kugler v. Helfant · 421 U.S. 117 (1975)
• Wooley v. Maynard · 430 U.S. 705 (1977)
• Ohio Civil Rights Commission v. Dayton Christian Schools, Inc. · 477 U.S. 619 (1986)
• Kowalski v. Tesmer · 543 U.S. 125 (2004)
• Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · 431 U.S. 471 (1977)
• Reno v. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee · 525 U.S. 471 (1999)
• Gibson v. Berryhill · 411 U.S. 564 (1973)
• City of Los Angeles v. Lyons · 461 U.S. 95 (1983)
• Ankenbrandt Ex Rel. L. R. v. Richards · 504 U.S. 689 (1992)
• California v. LaRue · 409 U.S. 109 (1972)
• Schlesinger v. Councilman · 420 U.S. 738 (1975)
• Ellis v. Dyson · 421 U.S. 426 (1975)
• O'Shea v. Littleton · 414 U.S. 488 (1974)
• Preiser v. Rodriguez · 411 U.S. 475 (1973)
• Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff · 467 U.S. 229 (1984)
• Fair Assessment in Real Estate Assn., Inc. v. McNary · 454 U.S. 100 (1981)
• Roe v. Wade · 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• Fuentes v. Shevin · 407 U.S. 67 (1972)

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