Bank of Marin v. England, Trustee in Bankruptcy

Decided November 21, 1966. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 63 · 385 U.S. 99 (1966) · Cited 503 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.

• Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. · 339 U.S. 306 (1950)
• United States v. Munsingwear, Inc. · 340 U.S. 36 (1950)
• Aetna Life Insurance v. Haworth · 300 U.S. 227 (1937)
• Pepper v. Litton · 308 U.S. 295 (1939)
• Muskrat v. United States · 219 U.S. 346 (1911)
• Fishgold v. Sullivan Drydock & Repair Corp. · 328 U.S. 275 (1946)
• Schroeder v. City of New York · 371 U.S. 208 (1962)
• City of New York v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad · 344 U.S. 293 (1953)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. United States Realty & Improvement Co. · 310 U.S. 434 (1940)
• Walker v. City of Hutchinson · 352 U.S. 112 (1956)
• Anderson National Bank v. Luckett · 321 U.S. 233 (1944)
• California v. San Pablo & Tulare Railroad · 149 U.S. 308 (1893)
• A. L. Mechling Barge Lines, Inc. v. United States · 368 U.S. 324 (1961)
• Hewit v. Berlin MacHine Works · 194 U.S. 296 (1904)
• Fairchild v. Hughes · 258 U.S. 126 (1922)
• Lord v. Veazie · 49 U.S. 251 (1850)
• Everett v. Judson · 228 U.S. 474 (1913)
• Brownlow v. Schwartz · 261 U.S. 216 (1923)
• Walling v. James v. Reuter, Inc. · 321 U.S. 671 (1944)
• Aeronautical Industrial District Lodge 727 v. Campbell · 337 U.S. 521 (1949)

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• Powell v. McCormack · 395 U.S. 486 (1969)
• Mennonite Board of Missions v. Adams · 462 U.S. 791 (1983)
• Kelly v. Robinson · 479 U.S. 36 (1986)
• Tulsa Professional Collection Services, Inc. v. Pope · 485 U.S. 478 (1988)
• Citizens Bank of Md. v. Strumpf · 516 U.S. 16 (1995)

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