American Automobile Association v. United States

Decided June 19, 1961. Tom C. Clark delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 288 · 367 U.S. 687 (1961) · Cited 286 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• Automobile Club of Mich. v. Commissioner · 353 U.S. 180 (1957)
• United States v. Anderson · 269 U.S. 422 (1926)
• Brown v. Helvering · 291 U.S. 193 (1934)
• Security Flour Mills Co. v. Commissioner · 321 U.S. 281 (1944)
• Burnet v. Sanford & Brooks Co. · 282 U.S. 359 (1931)
• Continental Tie & Lumber Co. v. United States · 286 U.S. 290 (1932)
• Aluminum Castings Co. v. Routzahn · 282 U.S. 92 (1930)
• Spring City Foundry Co. v. Commissioner · 292 U.S. 182 (1934)
• Niles Bement Pond Co. v. United States · 281 U.S. 357 (1930)
• American National Co. v. United States · 274 U.S. 99 (1927)
• Heiner v. Mellon · 304 U.S. 271 (1938)
• Commissioner v. South Texas Lumber Co. · 333 U.S. 496 (1948)
• North American Oil Consolidated v. Burnet · 286 U.S. 417 (1932)
• Gemsco, Inc. v. Walling · 324 U.S. 244 (1945)
• Cammarano v. United States · 358 U.S. 498 (1959)
• Healy v. Commissioner · 345 U.S. 278 (1953)
• United States v. Lewis · 340 U.S. 590 (1951)
• United States v. Olympic Radio & Television, Inc. · 349 U.S. 232 (1955)
• United States v. Consolidated Edison Co. of NY · 366 U.S. 380 (1961)

Cited by

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

• Schulde v. Commissioner · 372 U.S. 128 (1963)
• Thor Power Tool Co. v. Commissioner · 439 U.S. 522 (1979)
• Commissioner v. Idaho Power Co. · 418 U.S. 1 (1974)
• United States v. Hughes Properties, Inc. · 476 U.S. 593 (1986)
• Commissioner v. Brown · 380 U.S. 563 (1965)
• United States v. General Dynamics Corp. · 481 U.S. 239 (1987)
• Commissioner v. Indianapolis Power & Light Co. · 493 U.S. 203 (1990)

Official text

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