American Trucking Associations, Inc. et al. v. United States et al.

Decided January 12, 1953. Stanley Forman Reed delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 26 · 344 U.S. 298 (1953) · Cited 344 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• St. Joseph Stock Yards Co. v. United States · 298 U.S. 38 (1936)
• Ederal Power Commission v. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. · 337 U.S. 498 (1949)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. · 301 U.S. 1 (1937)
• A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States · 295 U.S. 495 (1935)
• Phelps Dodge Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 313 U.S. 177 (1941)
• United States v. Darby · 312 U.S. 100 (1941)
• Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan · 293 U.S. 388 (1935)
• National Broadcasting Co. v. United States · 319 U.S. 190 (1943)
• American Power & Light Co. v. Securities & Exchange Commission · 329 U.S. 90 (1946)
• United States v. Rock Royal Co-Operative, Inc. · 307 U.S. 533 (1939)
• Currin v. Wallace · 306 U.S. 1 (1939)
• General American Tank Car Corp. v. El Dorado Terminal Co. · 308 U.S. 422 (1940)
• United States v. Carolina Freight Carriers Corp. · 315 U.S. 475 (1942)
• North American Co. v. Securities & Exchange Commission · 327 U.S. 686 (1946)
• Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. United States · 298 U.S. 349 (1936)
• New York v. United States · 331 U.S. 284 (1947)

Cited by

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

• Transamerican Freight Lines, Inc. v. Brada Miller Freight Systems, Inc. · 423 U.S. 28 (1975)
• McGautha v. California · 402 U.S. 183 (1971)
• Mourning v. Family Publications Service, Inc. · 411 U.S. 356 (1973)
• Clinton v. City of New York · 524 U.S. 417 (1998)
• United States v. Southwestern Cable Co. · 392 U.S. 157 (1968)
• Interstate Commerce Commission v. J-T Transport Co. · 368 U.S. 81 (1961)
• Interstate Commerce Commission v. American Trucking Associations · 467 U.S. 354 (1984)
• Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · 401 U.S. 402 (1971)
• United States v. Raddatz · 447 U.S. 667 (1980)
• Thorpe v. Housing Authority of Durham · 393 U.S. 268 (1969)
• Permian Basin Area Rate Cases · 390 U.S. 747 (1968)
• American Farm Lines v. Black Ball Freight Service · 397 U.S. 532 (1970)
• Federal Power Commission v. Texaco Inc. · 417 U.S. 380 (1974)
• Local 24, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Oliver · 358 U.S. 283 (1959)
• Federal Power Commission v. Texaco Inc. · 377 U.S. 33 (1964)
• East Texas Motor Freight Lines, Inc. v. Frozen Food Express · 351 U.S. 49 (1956)

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