Zurcher, Chief of Police of Palo Alto, et al. v. Stanford Daily et al.

Decided May 31, 1978. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 76-1484 · 436 U.S. 547 (1978) · Cited 910 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–3.

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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.

• Branzburg v. Hayes · 408 U.S. 665 (1972)
• Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. Hayden · 387 U.S. 294 (1967)
• Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San Francisco · 387 U.S. 523 (1967)
• Carroll v. United States · 267 U.S. 132 (1925)
• Stanford v. Texas · 379 U.S. 476 (1965)
• Marcus v. Search Warrant of Property · 367 U.S. 717 (1961)
• Heller v. New York · 413 U.S. 483 (1973)
• A Quantity of Copies of Books v. Kansas · 378 U.S. 205 (1964)
• Roaden v. Kentucky · 413 U.S. 496 (1973)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• Aguilar v. Texas · 378 U.S. 108 (1964)
• Alderman v. United States · 394 U.S. 165 (1969)
• Berger v. New York · 388 U.S. 41 (1967)
• Carroll v. President & Commissioners of Princess Anne · 393 U.S. 175 (1968)
• Frank v. Maryland · 359 U.S. 360 (1959)
• Spinelli v. United States · 393 U.S. 410 (1969)
• United States v. Ventresca · 380 U.S. 102 (1965)
• Fuentes v. Shevin · 407 U.S. 67 (1972)
• Johnson v. United States · 333 U.S. 10 (1948)
• Pell v. Procunier · 417 U.S. 817 (1974)
• Fisher v. United States · 425 U.S. 391 (1976)
• Hoffman v. United States · 341 U.S. 479 (1951)
• Whiteley v. Warden, Wyoming State Penitentiary · 401 U.S. 560 (1971)
• Freedman v. Maryland · 380 U.S. 51 (1965)
• Harris v. United States · 331 U.S. 145 (1947)
• Smith v. California · 361 U.S. 147 (1959)
• See v. City of Seattle · 387 U.S. 541 (1967)
• Mitchell v. W. T. Grant Co. · 416 U.S. 600 (1974)
• United States v. Biswell · 406 U.S. 311 (1972)
• Phillips v. Commissioner · 283 U.S. 589 (1931)

Cited by

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

• Michigan v. Summers · 452 U.S. 692 (1981)
• Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air · 483 U.S. 711 (1987)
• United States v. Knotts · 460 U.S. 276 (1983)
• United States v. Leon · 468 U.S. 897 (1984)
• Wyoming v. Houghton · 526 U.S. 295 (1999)
• Michigan v. Clifford · 464 U.S. 287 (1984)
• Hensley v. Eckerhart · 461 U.S. 424 (1983)
• Illinois v. Gates · 462 U.S. 213 (1983)
• Blum v. Stenson · 465 U.S. 886 (1984)
• Dunaway v. New York · 442 U.S. 200 (1979)
• Thornburgh v. Abbott · 490 U.S. 401 (1989)
• Blanchard v. Bergeron · 489 U.S. 87 (1989)
• United States v. James Daniel Good Real Property · 510 U.S. 43 (1993)
• Dalia v. United States · 441 U.S. 238 (1979)
• United States v. Parcel of Rumson, NJ, Land · 507 U.S. 111 (1993)

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