Supreme Court of the United States, 1971

Hobson v. Board of Elections

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 17, 1971 · Basis, Black, Douglas, Granted, Mitchell, Should, Whom

402 U.S. 988; 29 L. Ed. 2d 154; 91 S. Ct. 1664; 1971 U.S. LEXIS 2099 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

46 later published cases cite this decision. The 23 that cite it most often are listed here.

James R. Hoffa v. United States (6th Cir. 1973)
State v. Ashe (Utah 1987)
Stackhouse v. State (Md. 1983)
Dolores J. Copeland, Individually and on Behalf of the Class of All Others Similarly Situated v. F. Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor (D.C. Cir. 1980)
United States v. Seventeen Thousand, Four Hundred Dollars in Currency, and Ronald A. Nocenti, Claimant-Appellant (10th Cir. 1975)
International Controls Corp. v. Vesco (2d Cir. 1974)
Anna Masszonia v. Walter E. Washington (D.C. Cir. 1973)
Louis Ender, Inc. v. General Foods Corporation (2d Cir. 1972)
Hoffa v. United States (District Court, E.D. Tennessee 1972)
State of Indiana v. Gregory Lagrone (Ind. Ct. App. 2013)
Wells' Dairy, Inc. v. Estate of Richardson (District Court, N.D. Iowa 2000)
Gunderson v. ADM Investor Services, Inc. (District Court, N.D. Iowa 1997)
Standard Microsystems Corporation v. Texas Instruments Incorporated (2d Cir. 1990)
Maryland Casualty Co. v. W.R. Grace & Co. (District Court, S.D. New York 1989)
State v. Lewis (N.J. 1989)
In re Wyslak (United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois 1988)
Austin Municipal Securities, Inc. v. National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., Defendants (5th Cir. 1985)
Murphy v. Gallagher (2d Cir. 1985)
Goodridge v. Harvey Group Inc. (District Court, S.D. New York 1985)
Murphy v. Gallagher (2d Cir. 1985)
In re Baldwin-United Corp. (2d Cir. 1985)
Trans World Corp. v. Odyssey Partners (District Court, S.D. New York 1983)
In re Casco Bay Lines, Inc. (United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of The First Circuit 1982)

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Opinion of the Court

C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied.

Mr. Justice Black, with whom Mr. Justice Douglas joins, is of the opinion that certiorari should be granted on the basis of Mr. Justice Black’s dissent in United Public Workers v. Mitchell, 330 U. S. 75, 105 (1947).

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