Caplin, Trustee v. Marine Midland Grace Trust Co. of New York
Decided May 22, 1972. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 70-220 · 406 U.S. 416 (1972) · Cited 389 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 5
- Thurgood Marshall · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.
- Potter Stewart
- Warren Earl Burger
- William Hubbs Rehnquist
Dissenting · 4
- Byron Raymond White
- Harry Andrew Blackmun
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
- William Orville Douglas · filed a dissenting opinion
“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.
- Case v. Los Angeles Lumber Products Co. · 308 U.S. 106 (1939)
- Consolidated Rock Products Co. v. Du Bois · 312 U.S. 510 (1941)
- Pepper v. Litton · 308 U.S. 295 (1939)
- Protective Committee for Independent Stockholders of TMT Trailer Ferry, Inc. v. Anderson · 390 U.S. 414 (1968)
- McCandless v. Furlaud · 296 U.S. 140 (1935)
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. United States Realty & Improvement Co. · 310 U.S. 434 (1940)
- Group of Institutional Investors v. Chicago, M., St. P. & P.R. Co., and 9 Other Cases · 318 U.S. 523 (1943)
- Kelley v. Everglades Drainage District · 319 U.S. 415 (1943)
- Ecker v. Western Pacific R. Corp. · 318 U.S. 448 (1943)
- American Surety Co. v. Bethlehem National Bank · 314 U.S. 314 (1941)
- Kansas City Terminal Railway Co. v. Central Union Trust Co. · 271 U.S. 445 (1926)
- Old Dominion Copper Mining & Smelting Co. v. Lewisohn · 210 U.S. 206 (1908)
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