American Fire & Casualty Co. v. Finn

Decided April 9, 1951. Stanley Forman Reed delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 252 · 341 U.S. 6 (1951) · Cited 1,278 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• Pullman Co. v. Jenkins · 305 U.S. 534 (1939)
• Barney v. Latham · 103 U.S. 205 (1881)
• Hurn v. Oursler · 289 U.S. 238 (1933)
• Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railway Co. v. Swan · 111 U.S. 379 (1884)
• Chase Securities Corp. v. Donaldson · 325 U.S. 304 (1945)
• Baltimore Steamship Co. v. Phillips · 274 U.S. 316 (1927)
• Phillips v. United States · 312 U.S. 246 (1941)
• United States v. Memphis Cotton Oil Co. · 288 U.S. 62 (1933)
• Tennessee v. Union & Planters' Bank · 152 U.S. 454 (1894)
• Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. Hunt · 320 U.S. 430 (1944)
• Cope v. Anderson · 331 U.S. 461 (1947)
• Capron v. Van Noorden · 6 U.S. 126 (1804)
• Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. Willard · 220 U.S. 413 (1911)
• Torrence v. Shedd · 144 U.S. 527 (1892)
• United States v. National City Lines, Inc. · 337 U.S. 78 (1949)
• Bemis Bro. Bag Co. v. United States · 289 U.S. 28 (1933)

Cited by

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• Caterpillar Inc. v. Lewis · 519 U.S. 61 (1996)
• Grubbs v. General Electric Credit Corp. · 405 U.S. 699 (1972)
• Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. · 552 U.S. 148 (2008)
• Owen Equipment & Erection Co. v. Kroger · 437 U.S. 365 (1978)
• United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · 383 U.S. 715 (1966)
• Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America · 511 U.S. 375 (1994)
• Carnegie-Mellon University v. Cohill · 484 U.S. 343 (1988)
• Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida · 517 U.S. 44 (1996)
• Insurance Corp. of Ireland v. Compagnie Des Bauxites De Guinee · 456 U.S. 694 (1982)
• Cannon v. University of Chicago · 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
• Brown Shoe Co. v. United States · 370 U.S. 294 (1962)
• Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlon · 473 U.S. 234 (1985)
• Freytag v. Commissioner · 501 U.S. 868 (1991)
• Barlow v. Collins · 397 U.S. 159 (1970)
• Welch v. Texas Department of Highways & Public Transportation · 483 U.S. 468 (1987)
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Tashire · 386 U.S. 523 (1967)
• Pennsylvania v. Union Gas Co. · 491 U.S. 1 (1989)
• Gosa v. Mayden · 413 U.S. 665 (1973)
• Jackson Transit Authority v. Local Division 1285, Amalgamated Transit Union · 457 U.S. 15 (1982)

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