Chandler, U.S. District Judge v. Judicial Council of the Tenth Circuit

Decided June 1, 1970. Warren Earl Burger delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 2 M · 398 U.S. 74 (1970) · Cited 201 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–2.

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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.

• Rescue Army v. Municipal Court of Los Angeles · 331 U.S. 549 (1947)
• Ex Parte Republic of Peru · 318 U.S. 578 (1943)
• La Buy v. Howes Leather Co. · 352 U.S. 249 (1957)
• Roche v. Evaporated Milk Assn. · 319 U.S. 21 (1943)
• Prentis v. Atlantic Coast Line Co. · 211 U.S. 210 (1908)
• Will v. United States · 389 U.S. 90 (1967)
• Glidden Co. v. Zdanok · 370 U.S. 530 (1962)
• Parr v. United States · 351 U.S. 513 (1956)
• United States v. Ferreira · 54 U.S. 40 (1852)
• United States v. First City National Bank of Houston · 386 U.S. 361 (1967)
• Textile Mills Securities Corp. v. Commissioner · 314 U.S. 326 (1941)
• Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 297 U.S. 288 (1936)
• Aetna Life Insurance v. Haworth · 300 U.S. 227 (1937)
• United States v. W. T. Grant Co. · 345 U.S. 629 (1953)
• Cohens v. Virginia · 19 U.S. 264 (1821)
• Schlagenhauf v. Holder · 379 U.S. 104 (1964)
• Old Colony Trust Co. v. Commissioner · 279 U.S. 716 (1929)
• Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Holland · 346 U.S. 379 (1953)
• De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd. v. United States · 325 U.S. 212 (1945)
• Virginia v. Rives · 100 U.S. 313 (1880)
• Ex Parte Robinson · 86 U.S. 505 (1874)
• Ex Parte Fahey · 332 U.S. 258 (1947)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Dean Foods Co. · 384 U.S. 597 (1966)
• Nashville, C. & St. LR Co. v. Wallace · 288 U.S. 249 (1933)
• 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)
• Williams v. United States · 289 U.S. 553 (1933)
• Ex Parte Harding · 219 U.S. 363 (1911)
• Jackson Ex Dem. Astor v. Crane · 30 U.S. 190 (1831)

Cited by

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

• Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · 523 U.S. 83 (1998)
• Mistretta v. United States · 488 U.S. 361 (1989)
• Cheney v. United States District Court for District of Columbia · 542 U.S. 367 (2004)
• U.S. Bancorp Mortgage Co. v. Bonner Mall Partnership · 513 U.S. 18 (1994)
• Graham County Soil & Water Conservation District v. United States Ex Rel. Wilson · 559 U.S. 280 (2010)
• United States v. Providence Journal Co. · 485 U.S. 693 (1988)

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