Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Holland, Chief Judge, et al.

Decided November 30, 1953. Tom C. Clark delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 16 · 346 U.S. 379 (1953) · Cited 826 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“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.

• Roche v. Evaporated Milk Assn. · 319 U.S. 21 (1943)
• Ex Parte Fahey · 332 U.S. 258 (1947)
• United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 150 (1940)
• De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd. v. United States · 325 U.S. 212 (1945)
• United States v. Trenton Potteries Co. · 273 U.S. 392 (1927)
• Maryland v. Soper, Judge · 270 U.S. 9 (1926)
• United States Alkali Export Ass'n v. United States · 325 U.S. 196 (1945)
• Ex Parte United States · 287 U.S. 241 (1932)
• Ex Parte Skinner & Eddy Corp. · 265 U.S. 86 (1924)

Cited by

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

• Schlagenhauf v. Holder · 379 U.S. 104 (1964)
• Will v. United States · 389 U.S. 90 (1967)
• La Buy v. Howes Leather Co. · 352 U.S. 249 (1957)
• Kerr v. United States Dist. Court for Northern Dist. of Cal. · 426 U.S. 394 (1976)
• Mallard v. United States Dist. Court for Southern Dist. of Iowa · 490 U.S. 296 (1989)
• Cheney v. United States District Court for District of Columbia · 542 U.S. 367 (2004)
• Allied Chemical Corp. v. Daiflon, Inc. · 449 U.S. 33 (1980)
• Thermtron Products, Inc. v. Hermansdorfer · 423 U.S. 336 (1976)
• Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. v. Mayacamas Corp. · 485 U.S. 271 (1988)
• Pulliam v. Allen · 466 U.S. 522 (1984)
• Will v. Calvert Fire Insurance · 437 U.S. 655 (1978)
• Mercantile Nat. Bank at Dallas v. Langdeau · 371 U.S. 555 (1963)
• Platt v. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. · 376 U.S. 240 (1964)
• Chandler v. Judicial Council of the Tenth Circuit · 398 U.S. 74 (1970)

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