Campbell, Commissioner of Agriculture of Georgia, et al. v. Hussey et al.

Decided December 18, 1961. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 42 · 368 U.S. 297 (1961) · Cited 111 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. v. Du Mond · 336 U.S. 525 (1949)
• Currin v. Wallace · 306 U.S. 1 (1939)
• Napier v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad · 272 U.S. 605 (1926)
• California v. Zook · 336 U.S. 725 (1949)
• Townsend v. Yeomans · 301 U.S. 441 (1937)
• Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · 331 U.S. 218 (1947)
• Bethlehem Steel Co. v. New York State Labor Relations Board · 330 U.S. 767 (1947)
• San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon · 359 U.S. 236 (1959)
• American Tobacco Co. v. United States · 328 U.S. 781 (1946)
• Huron Portland Cement Co. v. City of Detroit · 362 U.S. 440 (1960)
• Kelly v. Washington Ex Rel. Foss Co. · 302 U.S. 1 (1937)
• Mulford v. Smith · 307 U.S. 38 (1939)
• Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Jacobsen · 362 U.S. 73 (1960)
• Charleston & Western Carolina Railway Co. v. Varnville Furniture Co. · 237 U.S. 597 (1915)
• Pennsylvania Railroad v. Public Service Commission · 250 U.S. 566 (1919)

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

• Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul · 373 U.S. 132 (1963)
• Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc. · 575 U.S. 320 (2015)
• Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Jacksonville Terminal Co. · 394 U.S. 369 (1969)
• Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Assn., Inc. · 452 U.S. 264 (1981)
• Swift & Co. v. Wickham · 382 U.S. 111 (1965)
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Ware · 414 U.S. 117 (1973)

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