Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation et al.

Decided May 3, 1971. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 338 · 402 U.S. 313 (1971) · Cited 2,250 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Triplett v. Lowell · 297 U.S. 638 (1936)
• Lear, Inc. v. Adkins · 395 U.S. 653 (1969)
• Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas City · 383 U.S. 1 (1966)
• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins · 304 U.S. 64 (1938)
• Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc. · 398 U.S. 375 (1970)
• Kerotest Manufacturing Co. v. C-O-Two Fire Equipment Co. · 342 U.S. 180 (1952)
• Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co. · 376 U.S. 225 (1964)
• United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · 333 U.S. 364 (1948)
• Hansberry v. Lee · 311 U.S. 32 (1940)
• Helvering v. Hallock · 309 U.S. 106 (1940)
• Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Supermarket Equipment Corp. · 340 U.S. 147 (1950)
• Boys Markets, Inc. v. Retail Clerks Union, Local 770 · 398 U.S. 235 (1970)
• Precision Instrument Manufacturing Co. v. Automotive Maintenance MacHinery Co. · 324 U.S. 806 (1945)
• Walker Process Equipment, Inc. v. Food MacHinery & Chemical Corp. · 382 U.S. 172 (1965)
• International Salt Co. v. United States · 332 U.S. 392 (1947)
• Mercoid Corp. v. Mid-Continent Investment Co. · 320 U.S. 661 (1944)
• Morton Salt Co. v. G. S. Suppiger Co. · 314 U.S. 488 (1942)
• Compco Corp. v. Day-Brite Lighting, Inc. · 376 U.S. 234 (1964)
• Cuno Engineering Corp. v. Automatic Devices Corp. · 314 U.S. 84 (1942)
• Heiser v. Woodruff · 327 U.S. 726 (1946)
• Sola Electric Co. v. Jefferson Electric Co. · 317 U.S. 173 (1942)
• Motion Picture Patents Co. v. Universal Film Manufacturing Co. · 243 U.S. 502 (1917)
• Sinclair & Carroll Co. v. Interchemical Corp. · 325 U.S. 327 (1945)
• Girouard v. United States · 328 U.S. 61 (1946)
• United States v. Masonite Corp. · 316 U.S. 265 (1942)
• Carbice Corp. of America v. American Patents Development Corp. · 283 U.S. 27 (1931)
• Ethyl Gasoline Corp. v. United States · 309 U.S. 436 (1940)
• Silber v. United States · 370 U.S. 717 (1962)
• United States v. Univis Lens Co. · 316 U.S. 241 (1942)
• Scott Paper Co. v. Marcalus Manufacturing Co. · 326 U.S. 249 (1945)

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• Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore · 439 U.S. 322 (1979)
• Allen v. McCurry · 449 U.S. 90 (1980)
• Taylor v. Sturgell · 553 U.S. 880 (2008)
• Cardinal Chemical Co. v. Morton International, Inc. · 508 U.S. 83 (1993)
• Medtronic, Inc. v. Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC. · 571 U.S. 191 (2014)
• Procunier v. Navarette · 434 U.S. 555 (1978)
• Martin v. Wilks · 490 U.S. 755 (1989)
• Cappaert v. United States · 426 U.S. 128 (1976)
• Izumi Seimitsu Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha v. U. S. Philips Corp. · 510 U.S. 27 (1993)
• Vachon v. New Hampshire · 414 U.S. 478 (1974)
• United States v. Mendenhall · 446 U.S. 544 (1980)
• Pembaur v. City of Cincinnati · 475 U.S. 469 (1986)
• Cuyler v. Sullivan · 446 U.S. 335 (1980)
• MARKMAN Et Al. v. WESTVIEW INSTRUMENTS, INC., Et Al. · 517 U.S. 370 (1996)
• Kremer v. Chemical Construction Corp. · 456 U.S. 461 (1982)
• United States v. Hasting · 461 U.S. 499 (1983)
• Marrese v. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons · 470 U.S. 373 (1985)
• Semtek International Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp. · 531 U.S. 497 (2001)
• University of Tennessee v. Elliott · 478 U.S. 788 (1986)
• Astoria Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Solimino · 501 U.S. 104 (1991)
• United States v. Mendoza · 464 U.S. 154 (1984)
• Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc. · 403 U.S. 29 (1971)
• Rivet v. Regions Bank of Louisiana · 522 U.S. 470 (1998)
• Standefer v. United States · 447 U.S. 10 (1980)
• Sea-Land Services, Inc. v. Gaudet · 414 U.S. 573 (1974)
• Haring v. Prosise · 462 U.S. 306 (1983)
• Sure-Tan, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 467 U.S. 883 (1984)
• Nevada v. United States · 463 U.S. 110 (1983)
• Baker v. General Motors Corp. · 522 U.S. 222 (1998)
• Richards v. Jefferson County · 517 U.S. 793 (1996)

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