Blanchette et al., Trustees of Property of Penn Central Transportation Co. v. Connecticut General Insurance Corp. et al.

Decided December 16, 1974. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 74-165 · 419 U.S. 102 (1974) · Cited 1,400 times

We don’t yet publish a summary of this opinion — read the official text below for the Court’s holding and reasoning.

How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

“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.

• Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. Co. · 294 U.S. 648 (1935)
• New Haven Inclusion Cases · 399 U.S. 392 (1970)
• Lynch v. United States · 292 U.S. 571 (1934)
• Louisville Joint Stock Land Bank v. Radford · 295 U.S. 555 (1935)
• Edye v. Robertson · 112 U.S. 580 (1884)
• Yearsley v. W. A. Ross Construction Co. · 309 U.S. 18 (1940)
• Wright v. Vinton Branch of Mountain Trust Bank of Roanoke · 300 U.S. 440 (1937)
• Hurley v. Kincaid · 285 U.S. 95 (1932)
• Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath · 341 U.S. 123 (1951)
• Crowell v. Benson · 285 U.S. 22 (1932)
• United States v. Causby · 328 U.S. 256 (1946)
• Vanston Bondholders Protective Committee v. Green · 329 U.S. 156 (1946)
• Glidden Co. v. Zdanok · 370 U.S. 530 (1962)
• Monongahela Navigation Co. v. United States · 148 U.S. 312 (1893)
• Pennsylvania v. West Virginia · 262 U.S. 553 (1923)
• United States v. Rumely · 345 U.S. 41 (1953)
• United States v. Jin Fuey Moy · 241 U.S. 394 (1916)
• Albertson v. Subversive Activities Control Board · 382 U.S. 70 (1965)
• George Moore Ice Cream Co. v. Rose · 289 U.S. 373 (1933)
• Ecker v. Western Pacific R. Corp. · 318 U.S. 448 (1943)
• Penn-Central Merger & N & W Inclusion Cases · 389 U.S. 486 (1968)
• Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 297 U.S. 288 (1936)
• Aetna Life Insurance v. Haworth · 300 U.S. 227 (1937)
• United States v. United Mine Workers of America · 330 U.S. 258 (1947)
• Steffel v. Thompson · 415 U.S. 452 (1974)
• Maryland Casualty Co. v. Pacific Coal & Oil Co. · 312 U.S. 270 (1941)
• Screws v. United States · 325 U.S. 91 (1945)
• Morton v. Mancari · 417 U.S. 535 (1974)
• Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer · 343 U.S. 579 (1952)
• United States Civil Service Commission v. National Ass'n of Letter Carriers · 413 U.S. 548 (1973)

Cited by

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

• Siegel v. Fitzgerald · 596 U.S. 464 (2022)
• Railway Labor Executives' Assn. v. Gibbons · 455 U.S. 457 (1982)
• Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration v. Robertson · 422 U.S. 255 (1975)
• Ruckelshaus v. Monsanto Co. · 467 U.S. 986 (1984)
• Preseault v. Interstate Commerce Commission · 494 U.S. 1 (1990)
• Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc. · 438 U.S. 59 (1978)
• Renne v. Geary · 501 U.S. 312 (1991)
• Horne v. Department of Agriculture · 576 U.S. 351 (2015)
• Reno v. Catholic Social Services, Inc. · 509 U.S. 43 (1993)
• Lebron v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation · 513 U.S. 374 (1995)
• Thomas v. Union Carbide Agricultural Products Co. · 473 U.S. 568 (1985)
• National Ass'n of Home Builders v. Defenders of Wildlife · 551 U.S. 644 (2007)
• Knick v. Township of Scott · 588 U.S. 180 (2019)
• Bank Markazi v. Peterson · 578 U.S. 212 (2016)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Babbitt v. United Farm Workers National Union · 442 U.S. 289 (1979)
• Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill · 437 U.S. 153 (1978)
• Illinois Brick Co. v. Illinois · 431 U.S. 720 (1977)
• Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. State Energy Resources Conservation & Development Commission · 461 U.S. 190 (1983)
• Mathews v. Eldridge · 424 U.S. 319 (1976)
• United States v. Testan · 424 U.S. 392 (1976)
• Ingraham v. Wright · 430 U.S. 651 (1977)
• Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City · 473 U.S. 172 (1985)
• Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Assn., Inc. · 452 U.S. 264 (1981)
• Stolt-Nielsen S. A. v. AnimalFeeds International Corp. · 559 U.S. 662 (2010)
• Nixon v. Administrator of General Services · 433 U.S. 425 (1977)
• New York v. United States · 505 U.S. 144 (1992)
• McFarland v. Scott · 512 U.S. 849 (1994)
• United States v. Fausto · 484 U.S. 439 (1988)
• National Park Hospitality Association v. Department of the Interior · 538 U.S. 803 (2003)

Official text

Read the official opinion (U.S. Reports, govinfo.gov)

Explore from here

William Joseph Brennan Jr.’s profile · All Supreme Court opinions · The Supreme Court

Source: the U.S. Reports via govinfo.gov; authoring Justice and vote lineup from the Supreme Court Database (Washington University). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).