Aircraft & Diesel Equipment Corp. v. Hirsch et al.

Decided June 16, 1947. Wiley Blount Rutledge delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 95 · 331 U.S. 752 (1947) · Cited 399 times

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How the Justices voted

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.

• Coffman v. Breeze Corporations, Inc. · 323 U.S. 316 (1945)
• Mine Safety Appliances Co. v. Forrestal · 326 U.S. 371 (1946)
• Myers v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. · 303 U.S. 41 (1938)
• MacAuley v. Waterman Steamship Corp. · 327 U.S. 540 (1946)
• Land v. Dollar · 330 U.S. 731 (1947)
• Yakus v. United States · 321 U.S. 414 (1944)
• Rescue Army v. Municipal Court of Los Angeles · 331 U.S. 549 (1947)
• Alma Motor Co. v. Timken-Detroit Axle Co. · 329 U.S. 129 (1946)
• United States v. Lee · 106 U.S. 196 (1882)
• Dobson v. Commissioner · 320 U.S. 489 (1944)
• Scripps-Howard Radio, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 316 U.S. 4 (1942)
• Township of Hillsborough v. Cromwell · 326 U.S. 620 (1946)
• American Federation of Labor v. Watson · 327 U.S. 582 (1946)
• Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. v. Russell · 261 U.S. 290 (1923)
• Louisiana v. McAdoo · 234 U.S. 627 (1914)
• Helvering v. Independent Life Insurance · 292 U.S. 371 (1934)
• Wallace v. Hines · 253 U.S. 66 (1920)
• Porter v. Investors Syndicate · 286 U.S. 461 (1932)

Cited by

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

• Renegotiation Board v. Bannercraft Clothing Co. · 415 U.S. 1 (1974)
• Lichter v. United States · 334 U.S. 742 (1948)
• Weinberger v. Salfi · 422 U.S. 749 (1975)
• Moore v. City of East Cleveland · 431 U.S. 494 (1977)
• McCarthy v. Madigan · 503 U.S. 140 (1992)
• Oestereich v. Selective Service System Local Board No. 11 · 393 U.S. 233 (1968)
• United States v. Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Co. · 553 U.S. 1 (2008)
• Public Util. Comm'n of Cal. v. United States · 355 U.S. 534 (1958)
• Greene v. United States · 376 U.S. 149 (1964)
• Allen v. Grand Central Aircraft Co. · 347 U.S. 535 (1954)

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