Comity, civil rights: Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Comity, civil rights,” part of the Judicial Power area.

Legal provisions most often involved

All 16 decisions, newest first

• Correction Officer Porter v. Ronald Nussle
  534 U.S. 516Decided February 26, 20029–0Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• National Private Truck Council, Inc. v. Oklahoma Tax Commission
  515 U.S. 582Decided June 19, 19959–0Clarence Thomas
• Joan Growe v. James Emison
  507 U.S. 25Decided February 23, 19939–0Antonin Scalia
• James A. Ford v. Georgia
  498 U.S. 411Decided February 19, 19919–0David H. Souter
• Patsy v. Board of Regents of the State of Florida
  457 U.S. 496Decided June 21, 19827–2Thurgood Marshall
• Juidice v. Vail
  430 U.S. 327Decided March 22, 19776–3William H. Rehnquist
• Rizzo v. Goode
  423 U.S. 362Decided January 21, 19765–3William H. Rehnquist
• Johnson v. Mississippi
  421 U.S. 213Decided May 12, 19756–2Byron R. White
• Harris County Commissioners Court v. Moore
  420 U.S. 77Decided February 18, 19758–1Thurgood Marshall
• Glover v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.
  393 U.S. 324Decided January 14, 19699–0Hugo L. Black
• Georgia v. Rachel
  384 U.S. 780Decided June 20, 19669–0Potter Stewart
• City of Greenwood v. Peacock
  384 U.S. 808Decided June 20, 19665–4Potter Stewart
• Baines v. City of Danville
  384 U.S. 890Decided June 20, 19665–4Per curiam
• Wallace v. Virginia
  384 U.S. 891Decided June 20, 19665–4Per curiam
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Inc. v. Bennett
  360 U.S. 471Decided June 22, 19596–3Per curiam
• Harrison v. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  360 U.S. 167Decided June 8, 19596–3John M. Harlan II

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error