2385

SUPREME COURT DECISIONS 

OVERRULED BY SUBSEQUENT DECISION 

2387

SUPREME COURT DECISIONS OVERRULED BY 

SUBSEQUENT DECISION 

While the Supreme Court sometimes expressly overrules a prior decision, in other instances the overruling must be deduced from the principles 

of related cases. Obviously, there is a chance here for a difference of opinion 

and this will be reflected in any listing. 

The present compilation was initially based primarily upon the following sources: 

Justice Brandeis dissenting in Burnet v. Coronado Oil and Gas Co., 285 U.S. 393, 406– 

409 nn.1–4 (1932). 

Emmet E. Wilson, ‘‘Stare Decisis, Quo Vadis?’’ 33 Geo. L.J. 251, 254 n.17, 265 (1945); 

William O. Douglas, ‘‘Stare Decisis’’, 49 Colum. L. Rev. 735–43, 756–58 (1949); 

Albert R. Blaustein and Andrew H. Field, ‘‘Overruling Opinions in the Supreme Court’’, 

57 Mich. L. Rev. 151, 184–94 (1958). 

Asterisks (*) identify cases expressly overruled. 

Overruling Case Overruled Case 

* 1. Hudson v. Guestier 10 U.S. (6 Cr.) 

281, 285 (1810) 

Rose v. Himley 8 U.S. (4 Cr.) 241 (1808) 

2. Gordon v. Ogden 28 U.S. (3 Pet.) 

33, 34 (1830) 

Wilson v. Daniel 3 U.S. (3 Dall.) 401 

(1798)

3. Greene v. Lessee of Neal 31 U.S. 

(6 Pet.) 291 (1832) 

Patton v. Easton 14 U.S. (1 Wheat.) 476 

(1816)

Powell’s Lessee v. Harmon 27 U.S. (2 

Pet.) 241 (1829) 

4. Louisville R.R. v. Letson 43 U.S. 

(2 How.) 497, 554–556 (1844) 

Commercial and Railroad Bank v. 

Slocomb 39 U.S. (14 Pet.) 60 (1840) 

Strawbridge v. Curtiss 7 U.S. (3 Cr.) 

267 (1806); and qualifying, 

Bank of the United States v. Deveaux 9 

U.S. (5 Cr.) 61 (1809) 

* 5. The Genessee Chief 53 U.S. (12 

How.) 443, 456 (1851) 

The Thomas Jefferson 23 U.S. (10 

Wheat.) 428 (1825); 

The Orleans v. Phoebus 36 U.S. (11 

Pet.) 175 (1837) 

* 6. Gazzam v. Phillip’s Lessee 61 U.S. 

(20 How.) 372, 377–378 (1858) 

Brown’s Lessee v. Clements 44 U.S. (3 

How.) 650 (1845) 

7. Suydam v. Williamson 65 U.S. (24 

How.) 427 (1861) 

Williamson v. Berry 49 U.S. (8 How.) 

495 (1850); 

Williamson v. Irish Presbyterian Congregation 49 U.S. (8 How.) 565 (1850); 

Williamson v. Ball 49 U.S. (8 How.) 566 

(1850)

* 8. Mason v. Eldred 73 U.S. (6 Wall.) 

231, 238 (1868) 

Sheehy v. Mandeville 10 U.S. (6 Cr.) 

253 (1810) 

9. The Belfast 74 U.S. (7 Wall.) 624, 

641 (1869) 

Allen v. Newberry 62 U.S. (21 How.) 

244 (1858) (in part) 

10. Knox v. Lee (Legal Tender Cases) 

79 U.S. (12 Wall.) 457, 553 (1871) 

Hepburn v. Griswold 75 U.S. (8 Wall.) 

603 (1870) 

2388 SUPREME COURT DECISIONS OVERRULED 

Overruling Case Overruled Case 

11. Trebilcock v. Wilson 79 U.S. (12 

Wall.) 687 (1871) 

Roosevelt v. Meyer 68 U.S. (1 Wall.) 512 

(1863)

* 12. Hornbuckle v. Toombs 85 U.S. (18 

Wall.) 648, 652–653 (1874) 

Noonan v. Lee 67 U.S. (2 Black) 499 

(1863);

Orchard v. Hughes 68 U.S. (1 Wall.) 73, 

77 (1864); 

Dunphy v. Kleinsmith 78 U.S. (11 

Wall.) 610 (1871) 

* 13. Union Pac. Ry. v. McShane 89 

U.S. (22 Wall.) 444 (1874) 

Kansas Pac. Ry. v. Prescott 83 U.S. (16 

Wall.) 603 (1873) (in part) 

* 14. County of Cass v. Johnston 95 

U.S. 360 (1877) 

Harshman v. Bates County 92 U.S. 569 

(1875)

* 15. Fairfield v. County of Gallatin 100 

U.S. 47 (1879) 

Town of Concord v. Savings-Bank 92 

U.S. 625 (1875) 

* 16. Tilghman v. Proctor 102 U.S. 707 

(1880)

Mitchell v. Tilghman 86 U.S. (19 Wall.) 

287 (1873) 

17. Kilbourn v. Thompson 103 U.S. 

168, 192–200 (1881) 

Anderson v. Dunn 19 U.S. (6 Wheat.) 

204 (1821) 

* 18. United States v. Phelps 107 U.S. 

320, 323 (1883) 

Shelton v. The Collector 72 U.S. (5 

Wall.) 113, 118 (1867) 

* 19. Kountze v. Omaha Hotel Co. 107 

U.S. 378, 387 (1883) 

Stafford v. The Union Bank of Louisiana 57 U.S. (16 How.) 135 (1853) 

* 20. Morgan v. United States 113 U.S. 

476, 496 (1885) 

Texas v. White 74 U.S. (7 Wall.) 700 

(1869)

21. Wabash St.L. & P. Ry. v. Illinois, 

118 U.S. 557 (1886) 

Peik v. Chicago & N.W. Ry. 94 U.S. 164 

(1877) (‘‘substantially though not expressly overruled’’) 

22. Philadelphia Steamship Co. v. 

Pennsylvania 122 U.S. 326 (1887) 

State Tax on Railway Gross Receipts 82 

U.S. (15 Wall.) 284 (1873) (‘‘basic 

grounds of decision repudiated’’) 

23. In re Ayers 123 U.S. 443 (1887) Osborn v. Bank of the United States 22 

U.S. (9 Wheat.) 738 (1824) 

* 24. Leloup v. Port of Mobile 127 U.S. 

640, 647 (1888) 

Osborne v. Mobile 83 U.S. (16 Wall.) 

479 (1873) 

* 25. Leisy v. Hardin 135 U.S. 100, 118 

(1890)

Pierce v. New Hampshire 46 U.S. (5 

How.) 504 (1847) 

* 26. Brenham v. German-American 

Bank 144 U.S. 173, 187 (1892) 

Rogers v. Burlington 10 U.S. (3 Wall.) 

654 (1866); 

Mitchell v. Burlington 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 

270 (1867) 

* 27. Roberts v. Lewis 153 U.S. 367, 377 

(1894)

Giles v. Little 104 U.S. 291 (1881) 

28. Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan & Trust 

Co. 158 U.S. 601 (1895) 

Hylton v. United States 3 U.S. (3 Dall.) 

171 (1796) 

* 29. Garland v. Washington 232 U.S. 

642, 646 (1914) 

Crain v. United States 162 U.S. 625 

(1896)

* 30. United States v. Nice 241 U.S. 

591, 601 (1916) 

Matter of Heff 197 U.S. 488 (1905) 

31. Pennsylvania R.R. v. Towers 245 

U.S. 6, 17 (1917) 

Lake Shore & Mich. So. Ry. v. Smith 

173 U.S. 684 (1899) (in part) 

* 32. Rosen v. United States 245 U.S. 

467, 470 (1918) 

United States v. Reid 53 U.S. (12 How.) 

361 (1851) 

SUPREME COURT DECISIONS OVERRULED 2389

Overruling Case Overruled Case 

* 33. Boston Store v. American 

Graphophone Co. 246 U.S. 8, 25 

(1918); and Motion Picture Co. v. 

Universal Film Co. 243 U.S. 502, 

518 (1917) 

Henry v. Dick Co. 224 U.S. 1 (1912) 

* 34. Terrel v. Burke Constr. Co. 257 

U.S. 529, 533 (1922) 

Doyle v. Continental Ins. Co. 94 U.S. 

535 (1877); 

Security Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Prewitt 

202 U.S. 246 (1906) 

* 35. Lee v. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. 260 

U.S. 653, 659 (1923) 

Ex parte Wisner 203 U.S. 449 (1906); 

and qualifying, 

In re Moore 209 U.S. 490 (1908) 

* 36. Alpha Cement Co. v. Massachusetts 268 U.S. 203, 218 (1925) Baltic Mining Co. v. Massachusetts 231 

U.S. 68 (1913) 

37. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. v. Leitch 

276 U.S. 429 (1928) (rehearing) 

Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. v. Leitch 275 

U.S. 507 (1927) 

* 38. Gleason v. Seaboard Ry. 278 U.S. 

349, 357 (1929) 

Friedlander v. Texas & Pac. Ry. 130 

U.S. 416 (1889) (in part) 

* 39. Farmers Loan Co. v. Minnesota 

280 U.S. 204, 209 (1930) 

Blackstone v. Miller 188 U.S. 189 (1903) 

* 40. East Ohio Gas Co. v. Tax Comm’n 

283 U.S. 465, 472 (1931) 

Pennsylvania Gas Co. v. Public Serv. 

Comm’n 252 U.S. 23 (1920) 

* 41. Chicago & E.I.R.R. v. Industrial 

Comm’n 284 U.S. 296 (1932) 

Erie R.R. v. Collins 253 U.S. 77 (1920); 

Erie R.R. v. Szary 253 U.S. 86 (1920) 

42. Fox Film Corp. v. Doyal 286 U.S. 

123 (1932) 

Long v. Rockwood 277 U.S. 142 (1928) 

43. New York ex rel. Northern Finance Corp. v. Lynch 290 U.S. 601 

(1933)

See also: 

United States v. City of Detroit 

355 U.S. 466, 472 n.2 (1958) 

Macallen Co. v. Massachusetts 279 U.S. 

620 (1929) 

* 44. Funk v. United States 290 U.S. 

371, 373, 386 (1933); 

See also: 

Hawkins v. United States 358 

U.S. 74, 76 (1958) 

*

*

*

Stein v. Bowman 38 U.S. (13 Pet.) 209 

(1839) (in part); 

Hendrix v. United States 219 U.S. 79 

(1911);

Logan v. United States 144 U.S. 263 

(1892);

Jin Fuey Moy v. United States 254 U.S. 

189 (1920) 

* 45. West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish 

300 U.S. 379 (1937) 

Adkins v. Children’s Hospital 261 U.S. 

525 (1923) 

Morehead v. New York ex rel. Tipaldo 

298 U.S. 587 (1936) 

46. Railroad Comm’n v. Pacific Gas 

Co. 302 U.S. 388 (1938) (rehearing)

Railroad Comm’n v. Pacific Gas Co. 301 

U.S. 669 (1937) 

* 47. Helvering v. Producers Corp. 303 

U.S. 376 (1938) 

Gillespie v. Oklahoma 257 U.S. 501 

(1922);

Burnet v. Coronado Oil & Gas Co. 285 

U.S. 393 (1932) 

* 48. Erie R.R. v. Tompkins 304 U.S. 

64, 69, 79 (1938) 

Swift v. Tyson 41 U.S. (16 Pet.) 1 (1842) 

2390 SUPREME COURT DECISIONS OVERRULED 

Overruling Case Overruled Case 

* 49. Graves v. New York ex rel. 

O’Keefe 306 U.S. 466 (1939) 

Dobbins v. Commissioners of Erie County 41 U.S. (16 Pet.) 435 (1842); 

Collector v. Day 78 U.S. (11 Wall.) 113 

(1871);

New York ex rel. Rogers v. Graves 299 

U.S. 401 (1937); 

Brush v. Commissioners 300 U.S. 352 

(1937)

50. Rochester Tel. Corp. v. United 

States 307 U.S. 125 (1939) 

Procter & Gamble v. United States 225 

U.S. 282 (1912) 

* 51. O’Malley v. Woodrough 307 U.S. 

277 (1939) 

Evans v. Gore 253 U.S. 245 (1920) 

Miles v. Graham 268 U.S. 501 (1925) 

* 52. Madden v. Kentucky 309 U.S. 83 

(1940)

Colgate v. Harvey 296 U.S. 404 (1935) 

* 53. Helvering v. Hallock 309 U.S. 106 

(1940)

Helvering v. St. Louis Trust Co. 296 

U.S. 39 (1935); 

Becker v. St. Louis Trust Co. 296 U.S. 

48 (1935) 

54. Tigner v. Texas 310 U.S. 141 

(1940)

Connolly v. Union Sewer Pipe Co. 184 

U.S. 540 (1902) 

* 55. United States v. Darby 312 U.S. 

100 (1941) 

Hammer v. Dagenhart 247 U.S. 251 

(1918);

Carter v. Carter Coal Co. 298 U.S. 238 

(1936) (limited) 

* 56. United States v. Chicago M. St. P. 

& P.R.R. 312 U.S. 592 (1941) 

United States v. Lynah 188 U.S. 445 

(1903) (in part); 

United States v. Heyward 250 U.S. 633 

(1919)

* 57. Nye v. United States 313 U.S. 33 

(1941)

Toledo Newspaper Co. v. United States 

247 U.S. 402 (1918) 

* 58. California v. Thompson 313 U.S. 

109 (1941) 

Di Santo v. Pennsylvania 273 U.S. 34 

(1927)

59. United States v. Classic 313 U.S. 

299 (1941) 

Newberry v. United States 256 U.S. 232 

(1921)

* 60. Olsen v. Nebraska 313 U.S. 236 

(1941)

Ribnik v. McBride 277 U.S. 350 (1928) 

* 61. Alabama v. King & Boozer 314 

U.S. 1 (1941) 

Panhandle Oil Co. v. Knox 277 U.S. 218 

(1928);

Graves v. Texas Company 298 U.S. 393 

(1936)

62. Toucey v. N.Y. Life Ins. Co. 314 

U.S. 118 (1941) 

Supreme Tribe of Ben-Hur v. Cauble 

255 U.S. 356 (1921) 

63. Edwards v. California 314 U.S. 

160 (1941) 

City of New York v. Miln 36 U.S. (11 

Pet.) 102 (1837) 

* 64. State Tax Comm’n v. Aldrich 316 

U.S. 174 (1942) 

First Nat’l Bank v. Maine 284 U.S. 312 

(1932)

* 65. Williams v. North Carolina 317 

U.S. 287 (1942) 

Haddock v. Haddock 201 U.S. 562 

(1906)

* 66. Brady v. Roosevelt S.S. Co. 317 

U.S. 575 (1943) 

Johnson v. Fleet Corp. 280 U.S. 320 

(1930)

* 67. Jones v. Opelika 319 U.S. 103 

(1943) (re-argument); Murdock v. 

Pennsylvania 319 U.S. 105 (1943) 

Jones v. Opelika 316 U.S. 584 (1942) 

SUPREME COURT DECISIONS OVERRULED 2391

Overruling Case Overruled Case 

68. Oklahoma Tax Comm’n v. United 

States 319 U.S. 598 (1943) 

Childers v. Beaver 270 U.S. 555 (1926) 

* 69. West Virginia Bd. of Educ. v. 

Barnette 319 U.S. 624 (1943) 

Minersville School Dist. v. Gobitis 310 

U.S. 586 (1940) 

70. FPC v. Hope Gas Co. 320 U.S. 591 

(1944)

United Railways v. West 280 U.S. 234 

(1930) (in part) 

71. Mercoid Corp. v. Mid-Continent 

Co. 320 U.S. 661 (1944) 

Leeds & Catlin Co. v. Victor Talk. 

Mach. (No. 2) 213 U.S. 325 (1909) (limited)

72. Mahnich v. Southern S.S. Co. 321 

U.S. 96 (1944) 

Plamals v. Pinar Del Rio 277 U.S. 151 

(1928) (in part) 

* 73. Smith v. Allwright 321 U.S. 649 

(1944)

Grovey v. Townsend 295 U.S. 45 (1935) 

74. United States v. South-Eastern 

Underwriters’ Ass’n 322 U.S. 533 

(1944)

Paul v. Virginia 75 U.S. (8 Wall.) 168 

(1869)

* 75. Girouard v. United States 328 

U.S. 61 (1946) 

United States v. Schwimmer 279 U.S. 

644 (1929); 

United States v. MacIntosh 283 U.S. 

605 (1931); 

United States v. Bland 283 U.S. 636 

(1931)

76. Halliburton Co. v. Walker 329 

U.S. 1 (1946) (rehearing) 

Halliburton Co. v. Walker 326 U.S. 696 

(1946)

77. MacGregor v. Westinghouse Co. 

329 U.S. 402 (1947) (rehearing) 

MacGregor v. Westinghouse Co. 327 

U.S. 758 (1946) 

* 78. Angel v. Bullington 330 U.S. 183 

(1947)

David Lupton’s Sons v. Auto. Club of 

Am. 225 U.S. 489 (1912) (rendered obsolete by prior change in law) 

79. Zap v. United States 330 U.S. 800 

(1947) (rehearing) 

Zap v. United States 328 U.S. 624 

(1946)

80. Thibaut v. Car and General Ins. 

Corp. 332 U.S. 828 (1947) (on rehearing)

Thibaut v. Car and General Ins. Corp. 

332 U.S. 751 (1947) 

81. Sherrer v. Sherrer 334 U.S. 343 

(1948)

Andrews v. Andrews 188 U.S. 14 (1903) 

(in part) 

82. Lincoln Fed. Labor Union v. 

Northwestern 335 U.S. 525 (1949) 

See also: 

Phelps Dodge Corp. v. NLRB 313 

U.S. 177 (1941) 

Adair v. United States 208 U.S. 161 

(1908)

Coppage v. Kansas 236 U.S. 1 (1915) 

* 83. Commissioner v. Estate of Church 

335 U.S. 632, 637 (1949) 

May v. Heiner 281 U.S. 238 (1930) 

84. Ott v. Mississippi Barge Line 336 

U.S. 169 (1949) 

St. Louis v. Ferry Company 78 U.S. (11 

Wall.) 423 (1870); 

Old Dominion S.S. Co. v. Virginia 198 

U.S. 299 (1905); 

Ayer & Lord Co. v. Kentucky 202 U.S. 

409 (1906) 

* 85. Oklahoma Tax Comm’n v. Texas 

Co. 336 U.S. 342 (1949) 

Choctaw O. & G. R.R. v. Harrison 235 

U.S. 292 (1914); 

Indian Oil Co. v. Oklahoma 240 U.S. 

522 (1916); 

2392 SUPREME COURT DECISIONS OVERRULED 

Overruling Case Overruled Case 

Howard v. Gipsy Oil Co. 247 U.S. 503 

(1918);

Large Oil Co. v. Howard 248 U.S. 549 

(1919);

Oklahoma v. Barnsdall Corp. 296 U.S. 

521 (1936) 

* 86. Cosmopolitan Co. v. McAllister 

337 U.S. 783 (1949) 

Hust v. Moore-McCormack Lines 328 

U.S. 707 (1946) 

* 87. United States v. Rabinowitz 339 

U.S. 56, 66, 85 (1950) 

Trupiano v. United States 334 U.S. 699 

(1948);

McDonald v. United States 335 U.S. 451 

(1948)

* 88. Joseph Burstyn Inc. v. Wilson, 343 

U.S. 495, 502 (1952) 

Mutual Film Corp. v. Ohio Indus. 

Comm’n 236 U.S. 230 (1915) 

* 89. Brown v. Board of Education 347 

U.S. 483, 491, 494–495 (1954) 

Cumming v. Richmond County Bd. of 

Educ. 175 U.S. 528 (1899); 

Gong Lum v. Rice 275 U.S. 78 (1927) 

90. In re Isserman 348 U.S. 1 (1954) 

(on rehearing) 

In re Isserman 345 U.S. 286 (1953) 

91. Gayle v. Browder 352 U.S. 903 

(1956)

Plessy v. Ferguson 163 U.S. 537 (1896) 

* 92. Reid v. Covert 354 U.S. 1 (1957) Kinsella v. Krueger 351 U.S. 470 (1956); 

Reid v. Covert 351 U.S. 487 (1956) 

* 93. Vanderbilt v. Vanderbilt 354 U.S. 

416, 419 (1957); 

See also: 

Armstrong v. Armstrong 350 U.S. 

568, 581 (1956) 

Thompson v. Thompson 226 U.S. 551 

(1913)

* 94. Ladner v. United States 358 U.S. 

169 (1958) (on rehearing) 

Ladner v. United States 355 U.S. 282 

(1958)

* 95. United States v. Raines 362 U.S. 

17, 27 (1960) 

United States v. Reese 92 U.S. 214, 

220–221 (1876) 

* 96. Elkins v. United States 364 U.S. 

206, 210, 212–213, 283 (1960); 

Rios v. United States 364 U.S. 253 

(1960)

Weeks v. United States 232 U.S. 383, 

398 (1914) (in part); 

Center v. United States 267 U.S. 575 

(1925);

Byars v. United States 273 U.S. 28, 33 

(1927) (in part); 

Feldman v. United States 322 U.S. 487, 

492 (1944) (in part) 

* 97. James v. United States 366 U.S. 

213, 215, 221, 223, 241 (1961) 

Commissioner v. Wilcox 327 U.S. 404 

(1946)

* 98. Mapp v. Ohio 367 U.S. 643, 653– 

655 (1961); 

See also: 

Ker v. California 374 U.S. 23, 45, 

53, 59 (1963) 

Wolf v. Colorado 338 U.S. 25 (1949) (in 

part)

Irvine v. California 347 U.S. 128 (1954) 

(in part) 

* 99. Baker v. Carr 369 U.S. 186, 277, 

280 (1962) 

Colegrove v. Green 328 U.S. 549 (1946) 

(in part); 

* 100. Wesberry v. Sanders 376 U.S. 1 

(1964)

Colegrove v. Barrett 330 U.S. 804 

(1947)

SUPREME COURT DECISIONS OVERRULED 2393

Overruling Case Overruled Case 

* 101. Smith v. Evening News Ass’n 371 

U.S. 195, 199 (1962); 

See also: 

Truck Drivers Union v. Riss & Co. 

372 U.S. 517, 520 (1963) 

Westinghouse Employees v. Westinghouse Corp. 348 U.S. 437 (1955) (in 

part)

* 102. Construction Laborers v. Curry 

371 U.S. 542, 552, 554 (1963) 

Building Union v. Ledbetter Co. 344 

U.S. 178 (1952) (in part) 

* 103. Gideon v. Wainwright 372 U.S. 

335 (1963) 

Betts v. Brady 316 U.S. 455 (1942) 

* 104. Gray v. Sanders 372 U.S. 368, 383 

(1963)

Cook v. Fortson 329 U.S. 675 (1946) 

Turman v. Duckworth 329 U.S. 675 

(1946);

South v. Peters 339 U.S. 276 (1950); 

Cox v. Peters 342 U.S. 936 (1952); 

Hartsfield v. Sloan 357 U.S. 916 (1958) 

* 105. Fay v. Noia 372 U.S. 391, 435 

(1963)

Darr v. Burford 339 U.S. 200 (1950) (in 

part)

* 106. Ferguson v. Skrupa 372 U.S. 726, 

731 (1963) 

Adams v. Tanner 244 U.S. 590 (1917) 

107. Schneider v. Rusk 377 U.S. 163 

(1964)

Mackenzie v. Hare 239 U.S. 299 (1915) 

* 108. Malloy v. Hogan 378 U.S. 1, 6 

(1964)

Twining v. New Jersey 211 U.S. 78 

(1908)

Adamson v. California 332 U.S. 46 

(1947)

* 109. Murphy v. Waterfront Comm’n 

378 U.S. 52, 57, 77 (1964) 

Jack v. Kansas 199 U.S. 372 (1905); 

United States v. Murdock 284 U.S. 141 

(1931);

Feldman v. United States 322 U.S. 487 

(1944);

Knapp v. Schweitzer 357 U.S. 371 

(1958);

Mills v. Louisiana 360 U.S. 230 (1959) 

* 110. Jackson v. Denno 378 U.S. 368, 

391 (1964) 

Stein v. New York 346 U.S. 156 (1953) 

111. Escobedo v. Illinois 378 U.S. 478, 

491–492 (1964) 

Crooker v. California 357 U.S. 433 

(1958);

Cicenia v. LaGay 357 U.S. 504 (1958) 

* 112. Pointer v. Texas 380 U.S. 400, 406 

(1965)

West v. Louisiana 194 U.S. 258 (1904) 

113. Gold v. DiCarlo 380 U.S. 520 

(1965)

Tyson & Bro. v. Banton 273 U.S. 418 

(1927)

* 114. Swift & Co. v. Wickham 382 U.S. 

111 (1965) 

Kesler v. Department of Pub. Safety 369 

U.S. 153 (1962) (in part) 

* 115. Harris v. United States 382 U.S. 

162 (1965) 

Brown v. United States 359 U.S. 41 

(1959)

* 116. Harper v. Virginia Bd. of Elections 

383 U.S. 663 (1966) 

Breedlove v. Suttles 302 U.S. 277 (1937) 

Butler v. Thompson 341 U.S. 937 (1951) 

* 117. Spevack v. Klein 385 U.S. 511 

(1967)

Cohen v. Hurley 366 U.S. 117 (1961) 

118. Keyishian v. Board of Regents 385 

U.S. 589 (1967) 

Adler v. Board of Education 342 U.S. 

485 (1952) 

2394 SUPREME COURT DECISIONS OVERRULED 

Overruling Case Overruled Case 

* 119. Afroyim v. Rusk 387 U.S. 253 

(1967)

Perez v. Brownell 356 U.S. 44 (1958) 

* 120. Warden v. Hayden 387 U.S. 294 

(1967)

Gouled v. United States 255 U.S. 298 

(1921)

* 121. Camara v. Municipal Court 387 

U.S. 523 (1967) 

Frank v. Maryland 359 U.S. 360 (1959) 

122. Berger v. New York 388 U.S. 41 

(1967)

Olmstead v. United States 277 U.S. 438 

(1928) (in part) 

* 123. Katz v. United States 389 U.S. 

347 (1967) 

Olmstead v. United States 277 U.S. 438 

(1928);

Goldman v. United States 316 U.S. 129 

(1942)

* 124. Peyton v. Rowe 391 U.S. 54 (1968) McNally v. Hill 293 U.S. 131 (1934) 

* 125. Bruton v. United States 391 U.S. 

123 (1968) 

Delli Paoli v. United States 352 U.S. 

232 (1957) 

126. Duncan v. Louisiana 391 U.S. 145 

(1968)

Maxwell v. Dow 176 U.S. 581 (1900) 

* 127. Carafas v. LaVallee 391 U.S. 234 

(1968)

Parker v. Ellis 362 U.S. 574 (1960) 

* 128. Lee v. Florida 392 U.S. 378 (1968) Schwartz v. Texas 344 U.S. 199 (1952) 

* 129. Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. 392 

U.S. 409, 441–443 (1968) 

Hodges v. United States 203 U.S. 1 

(1906)

* 130. Moore v. Ogilvie 394 U.S. 814 

(1969)

MacDougall v. Green 335 U.S. 281 

(1948)

* 131. Brandenburg v. Ohio 395 U.S. 444 

(1969)

Whitney v. California 274 U.S. 357 

(1927)

* 132. Chimel v. California 395 U.S. 752 

(1969)

Harris v. United States 331 U.S. 145 

(1947);

United States v. Rabinowitz 339 U.S. 56 

(1950)

* 133. Benton v. Maryland 395 U.S. 784 

(1969)

Palko v. Connecticut 302 U.S. 319 

(1937)

134. Ashe v. Swenson 397 U.S. 436 

(1970)

Hoag v. New Jersey 356 U.S. 464 (1958) 

* 135. Boys Markets v. Retail Clerks 

Union 398 U.S. 235 (1970) 

Sinclair Refining Co. v. Atkinson 370 

U.S. 195 (1962) 

* 136. Price v. Georgia 398 U.S. 323, 

329–330 (1970) 

Brantley v. Georgia 217 U.S. 284 (1910) 

* 137. Moragne v. States Marine Lines 

398 U.S. 375 (1970) 

The Harrisburg 119 U.S. 199 (1886) 

* 138. Williams v. Florida 399 U.S. 78 

(1970)

Thompson v. Utah 170 U.S. 343 (1898) 

(in part); 

Rassmussen v. United States 197 U.S. 

516 (1905) (in part) 

* 139. Blonder-Tongue Labs v. University of Ill. Found. 402 U.S. 313 

(1971)

Triplett v. Lowell 297 U.S. 638 (1936) 

* 140. Perez v. Campbell 402 U.S. 637 

(1971)

Kesler v. Department of Pub. Safety 369 

U.S. 153 (1962); 

Reitz v. Mealey 314 U.S. 33 (1941) 

* 141. Griffin v. Breckenridge 403 U.S. 

88 (1971) 

Collins v. Hardyman 341 U.S. 651 

(1951) (in part) 

SUPREME COURT DECISIONS OVERRULED 2395

Overruling Case Overruled Case 

* 142. Dunn v. Blumstein 405 U.S. 330 

(1972)

Pope v. Williams 193 U.S. 621 (1904) 

* 143. Andrews v. Louisville & Nashville 

R.R. 406 U.S. 320 (1972) 

Moore v. Illinois Cent. R.R. 312 U.S. 

630 (1941) 

* 144. Lehnhausen v. Lake Shore Auto 

Parts Co. 410 U.S. 356 (1973) 

Quaker City Cab Co. v. Pennsylvania 

277 U.S. 389 (1928) 

* 145. Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit 

Court 410 U.S. 484 (1973) 

Ahrens v. Clark 335 U.S. 188 (1948) 

* 146. Miller v. California 413 U.S. 15 

(1973)

A Book Named ‘‘John Cleland’s Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure’’ v. Attorney General 83 U.S. 413 (1966) 

* 147. North Dakota Pharmacy Bd. v. 

Snyder’s Drug Stores 414 U.S. 156 

(1973)

Liggett Co. v. Baldridge 278 U.S. 105 

(1928)

* 148. Edelman v. Jordan 415 U.S. 651 

(1974)

Shapiro v. Thompson 394 U.S. 618 

(1969) (in part); 

State Dep’t of Health & Rehab. Servs. v. 

Zarate 407 U.S. 918 (1972) 

Sterrett v. Mothers’ & Children’s Rights 

Organization 409 U.S. 809 (1973); 

Wyman v. Bowens 397 U.S. 49 (1970) 

* 149. Mitchell v. W. T. Grant Co. 416 

U.S. 600 (1974) 

Fuentes v. Shevin 407 U.S. 67 (1972) (in 

part)

* 150. Taylor v. Louisiana 419 U.S. 522 

(1975)

Hoyt v. Florida 368 U.S. 57 (1961) (in 

effect)

* 151. United States v. Reliable Transfer 

Co. 421 U.S. 397 (1975) 

The Schooner Catherine v. Dickinson 58 

U.S. (17 How.) 170 (1854) 

* 152. Michelin Tire Corp. v. Wages 423 

U.S. 276 (1976) 

Low v. Austin 80 U.S. (13 Wall.) 29 

(1872)

* 153. Dove v. United States 423 U.S. 

325 (1976) 

Durham v. United States 401 U.S. 481 

(1971)

* 154. Hudgens v. NLRB 424 U.S. 507 

(1976)

Amalgamated Food Employees Union v. 

Logan Valley Plaza 391 U.S. 308 (1968) 

* 155. Virginia Bd. of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council 

425 U.S. 748 (1976) 

Valentine v. Chrestensen 316 U.S. 52 

(1942)

* 156. National League of Cities v. Usery 

426 U.S. 833 (1976) 

Maryland v. Wirtz 392 U.S. 183 (1968) 

* 157. Machinists & Aerospace Workers 

v. WERC 427 U.S. 132 (1976) 

UAW v. WERB 336 U.S. 245 (1949) 

* 158. City of New Orleans v. Dukes 427 

U.S. 297 (1976) 

Morey v. Doud 354 U.S. 457 (1957) 

* 159. Gregg v. Georgia 428 U.S. 153, 

195 n.47 (1976) 

McGautha v. California 402 U.S. 183 

(1971)

* 160. Craig v. Boren 429 U.S. 190, 210 

n.23 (1976) 

Goesaert v. Cleary 335 U.S. 464 (1948) 

* 161. Oregon ex rel. State Land Bd. v. 

Corvallis Sand & Gravel Co. 429 

U.S. 363 (1977) 

Bonelli Cattle Co. v. Arizona 414 U.S. 

313 (1973) 

* 162. Complete Auto Transit v. Brady 

430 U.S. 274 (1977) 

Spector Motor Service v. O’Connor 340 

U.S. 602 (1951) 

* 163. Continental T. V. v. GTE Sylvania 

433 U.S. 36 (1977) 

United States v. Arnold Schwinn & Co., 

388 U.S. 365 (1967) 

2396 SUPREME COURT DECISIONS OVERRULED 

Overruling Case Overruled Case 

* 164. Shaffer v. Heitner 433 U.S. 186 

(1977)

Pennoyer v. Neff 95 U.S. 714 (1878) 

* 165. Department of Revenue v. Washington Stevedoring Cos. 435 U.S. 

734 (1978) 

Puget Sound Stevedoring Co. v. State 

Tax Comm’n 302 U.S. 90 (1937); 

Joseph v. Carter & Weekes Stevedoring 

Co. 330 U.S. 422 (1947) 

* 166. Monell v. New York City Dep’t of 

Social Services 436 U.S. 658 

(1978)

Monroe v. Pape 365 U.S. 167 (1961) (in 

part);

City of Kenosha v. Bruno 412 U.S. 507 

(1973) (in part); 

Moor v. County of Alameda 411 U.S. 

693 (1973) (in part); 

Aldinger v. Howard 427 U.S. 1 (1976) 

* 167. Burks v. United States 437 U.S. 1 

(1978)

Bryan v. United States 338 U.S. 552 

(1950) (in part); 

Sapir v. United States 348 U.S. 373 

(1955) (in part); 

Yates v. United States 354 U.S. 298 

(1957) (in part); 

Forman v. United States 361 U.S. 416 

(1960) (in part) 

* 168. United States v. Scott 437 U.S. 82 

(1978)

United States v. Jenkins 420 U.S. 358 

(1975)

169. Duren v. Missouri 439 U.S. 357 

(1978)

Hoyt v. Florida 368 U.S. 57 (1961) 

170. Hughes v. Oklahoma 441 U.S. 322 

(1979)

Geer v. Connecticut 161 U.S. 519 (1896) 

171. Trammel v. United States 445 

U.S. 40 (1980) 

Hawkins v. United States 358 U.S. 74 

(1958)

* 172. United States v. Salvucci 448 U.S. 

83 (1980) 

Jones v. United States 362 U.S. 257 

(1960)

173. Commonwealth Edison Co. v. 

Montana 453 U.S. 609 (1981) 

Heisler v. Thomas Colliery Co. 260 U.S. 

245 (1922) 

* 174. United States v. Ross 456 U.S. 

798 (1982) 

Robbins v. California 453 U.S. 420 

(1981)

* 175. Sporhase v. Nebraska ex rel. 

Douglas 458 U.S. 941 (1982) 

Hudson County Water Co. v. McCarter 

209 U.S. 349 (1908) 

* 176. Illinois v. Gates 462 U.S. 213 

(1983).

Aguilar v. Texas 378 U.S. 108 (1964); 

Spinelli v. United States 393 U.S. 410 

(1969).

177. Pennhurst State School & Hosp. v. 

Halderman 465 U.S. 89 (1984). 

Rolston v. Missouri Fund Comm’rs 120 

U.S. 390 (1887) (in part); 

Siler v. Louisville & Nashville R.R. 213 

U.S. 175 (1909) (in part); 

Atchison T. & S.F. Ry. v. O’Connor 223 

U.S. 280 (1912) (in part); 

Greene v. Louisville & Interurban R.R. 

244 U.S. 499 (1917) (in part); 

SUPREME COURT DECISIONS OVERRULED 2397

Overruling Case Overruled Case 

Johnson v. Lankford 245 U.S. 541 

(1918) (in part); Numerous other cases 

fall more or less under the Pennhurst 

doctrine. See 465 U.S. 109–111 nn.17– 

21, 117–121 (maj.op.), and id. at 130– 

37, 159–163, 165–166 nn.50 & 52 (dissent) (listing 28 cases). 

* 178. United States v. One Assortment 

of 89 Firearms 465 U.S. 354 

(1984).

Coffey v. United States 116 U.S. 436 

(1886).

* 179. Limbach v. Hooven & Allison Co. 

466 U.S. 353 (1984). 

Hooven & Allison Co. v. Evatt 324 U.S. 

652 (1945). 

180. Copperweld Corp. v. Independence 

Tube Corp. 467 U.S. 752 (1984). 

United States v. Yellow Cab Co. 332 

U.S. 218 (1947); 

Kiefer-Stewart Co. v. Jos. E. Seagram & 

Sons 340 U.S. 211 (1951). 

* 181. Garcia v. San Antonio Metro. 

Transit Auth. 469 U.S. 528 (1985). 

National League of Cities v. Usery 426 

U.S. 833 (1976). 

* 182. United States v. Miller 471 U.S. 

130 (1985). 

Ex parte Bain 121 U.S. 1 (1887) (in 

part).

* 183. Daniels v. Williams 474 U.S. 327 

(1986).

Parratt v. Taylor 451 U.S. 527 (1981) 

(in part). 

184. United States v. Lane 474 U. S. 

438 (1986). 

McElroy v. United States 164 U.S. 76 

(1896).

* 185. Batson v. Kentucky 476 U.S. 79 

(1986).

Swain v. Alabama 380 U.S. 202 (1965) 

(in part). 

* 186. Puerto Rico v. Branstad 483 U.S. 

219 (1987). 

Kentucky v. Dennison 65 U.S. (24 How.) 

66 (1861). 

* 187. Solorio v. United States 483 U.S. 

435 (1987). 

O’Callahan v. Parker 395 U.S. 258 

(1969).

* 188. Welch v. Texas Dep’t of Highways 

and Transp. 483 U.S. 468 (1987). 

Parden v. Terminal Ry. 377 U.S. 184 

(1964) (in part). 

* 189. Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. v. 

Mayacamas Corp. 485 U.S. 271 

(1988).

Enelow v. New York Life Ins. Co. 293 

U.S. 379 (1935); 

Ettelson v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. 

317 U.S. 188 (1942). 

* 190. South Carolina v. Baker 485 U.S. 

505 (1988). 

Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co. 

157 U.S. 429 (1895). 

* 191. Thornburgh v. Abbott 490 U.S. 

401 (1989). 

Procunier v. Martinez 416 U.S. 396 

(1974) (in part). 

* 192. Rodriguez de Quijas v. Shearson/ 

American Express 490 U.S. 477 

(1989).

Wilko v. Swann 346 U.S. 427 (1953). 

* 193. Alabama v. Smith 490 U.S. 794 

(1989).

Simpson v. Rice 395 U.S. 711 (1969). 

* 194. Healy v. Beer Institute 491 U.S. 

324 (1989). 

Joseph E. Seagram & Sons v. Hostetter 

384 U.S. 35 (1966). 

195. W.S. Kirkpatrick & Co. v. Environmental Tectronics Corp. 493 

U.S. 400 (1990). 

American Banana Co. v. United Fruit 

Co. 213 U.S. 347 (1909). 

* 196. Collins v. Youngblood 497 U.S. 37 

(1990).

Kring v. Missouri 107 U.S. 221 (1883); 

2398 SUPREME COURT DECISIONS OVERRULED 

Overruling Case Overruled Case 

Thompson v. Utah 170 U.S. 343 (1898). 

197. Arizona v. Fulminante 499 U.S. 

279 (1991) 

Chapman v. California 386 U.S. 18 

(1967) (in part). 

* 198. California v. Acevedo 500 U.S. 565 

(1991)

Arkansas v. Sanders 442 U.S. 743 

(1979).

* 199. Exxon Corp. v. Central Gulf Lines 

Inc. 500 U.S. 603 (1991). 

Minturn v. Maynard 58 U.S. (17 How.) 

476 (1855). 

200. Coleman v. Thompson 501 U.S. 

722 (1991). 

Fay v. Noia 372 U.S. 391 (1963). 

* 201. Payne v. Tennessee 501 U.S. 808 

(1991).

Booth v. Maryland 482 U.S. 496 (1987); 

South Carolina v. Gathers 490 U.S. 805 

(1989).

* 202. Keeney v. Tamayo-Reyes 504 U.S. 

1 (1992). 

Townsend v. Sain 372 U.S. 293 (1963) 

(in part). 

* 203. Quill Corp. v. North Dakota 504 

U.S. 298 (1992). 

National Bellas Hess Inc. v. Department of Revenue, 386 U.S. 753 (1967) 

(in part). 

* 204. Planned Parenthood of S.E. Pennsylvania v. Casey 505 U.S. 833 

(1992).

City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health 462 U.S. 416 (1983) 

(in part); 

Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 476 U.S. 

747 (1986) (in part). 

* 205. United States v. Dixon 509 U.S. 

688 (1993). 

Grady v. Corbin 495 U.S. 508 (1990). 

* 206. Nichols v. United States 511 U.S. 

738 (1994). 

Baldasar v. Illinois 446 U.S. 222 (1980). 

* 207. Hubbard v. United States 514 

U.S. 695 (1995). 

United States v. Bramblett 348 U.S. 

503 (1955). 

* 208. Adarand Constructors Inc. v. Pena 

515 U.S. 200 (1995). 

Metro Broadcasting Inc. v. FCC 497 

U.S. 547 (1990); 

Fullilove v. Klutznick 448 U.S. 448 

(1990) (in part). 

* 209. United States v. Gaudin 515 U.S. 

506 (1995). 

Sinclair v. United States 279 U.S. 263 

(1929).

* 210. Fulton Corp. v. Faulkner 516 U.S. 

325 (1996). 

Darnell v. Indiana 226 U.S. 390 (1912). 

* 211. Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida 517 U.S. 44 (1996). Pennsylvania v. Union Gas Co. 491 U.S. 

1 (1989). 

* 212. 44 Liquormart Inc. v. Rhode Island 517 U.S. 484 (1996). California v. LaRue 409 U.S. 109 (1972) 

(in part); 

New York State Liquor Auth. v. 

Bellanca 452 U.S. 714 (1981) (in part); 

City of Newport v. Iacobucci 479 U.S. 92 

(1986) (in part). 

* 213. Agostini v. Felton 521 U.S. 203 

(1997).

Aguilar v. Felton 473 U.S. 402 (1985); 

Grand Rapids School Dist. v. Ball 473 

U.S. 373 (1985) (in part). 

* 214. State Oil Co. v. Khan 522 U.S. 3 

(1997).

Albrecht v. Herald Co. 390 U.S. 145 

(1968).

* 215. Hudson v. United States 522 U.S. 

93 (1997). 

United States v. Halper 490 U.S. 435 

(1989).

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Overruling Case Overruled Case 

* 216. Hohn v. United States 524 U.S. 

236 (1998). 

House v. Mayo 324 U.S. 42 (1945). 

* 217. Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of 

Chippewa Indians 526 U.S. 172 

(1999).

Ward v. Race Horse 163 U.S. 504 (1896) 

(in part). 

* 218. College Savings Bank v. Florida 

Prepaid Postsecondary Educ. Expense Bd. 527 U.S. 666 (1999). 

Parden v. Terminal Ry. 377 U.S. 184 

(1964) (in part). 

* 219. Mitchell v. Helms 530 U.S. 793 

(2000).

* Meek v. Pittinger 421 U.S. 349 (1975); 

Wolman v. Walter 433 U.S. 229 (1977). 

* 220. United States v. Hatter 532 U.S. 

557 (2001). 

Evans v. Gore 253 U.S. 245 (1920).