City of Detroit et al. v. Murray Corporation of America et al.
Decided March 3, 1958. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 18 · 355 U.S. 489 (1958) · Cited 197 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 5
- Hugo Lafayette Black · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Earl Warren
- Tom C. Clark
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
- William Orville Douglas
Dissenting · 4
- Charles Evans Whittaker · filed a dissenting opinion
- Felix Frankfurter · filed a dissenting opinion
- Harold Hitz Burton
- John Marshall Harlan · 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.
- United States v. County of Allegheny · 322 U.S. 174 (1944)
- Kern-Limerick, Inc. v. Scurlock · 347 U.S. 110 (1954)
- James v. Dravo Contracting Co. · 302 U.S. 134 (1937)
- Alabama v. King & Boozer · 314 U.S. 1 (1941)
- Curry v. United States · 314 U.S. 14 (1941)
- S. R. A., Inc. v. Minnesota · 327 U.S. 558 (1946)
- Graves v. New York Ex Rel. O'Keefe · 306 U.S. 466 (1939)
- Helvering v. Gerhardt · 304 U.S. 405 (1938)
- Railroad Co. v. Peniston · 85 U.S. 5 (1873)
- City of New Brunswick v. United States · 276 U.S. 547 (1928)
- Wisconsin v. J. C. Penney Co. · 311 U.S. 435 (1941)
- Henneford v. Silas Mason Co. · 300 U.S. 577 (1937)
- Lawrence v. State Tax Comm'n of Miss. · 286 U.S. 276 (1932)
- Carpenter v. Shaw · 280 U.S. 363 (1930)
- Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Texas · 210 U.S. 217 (1908)
- Van Brocklin v. Tennessee · 117 U.S. 151 (1886)
- Plummer v. Coler · 178 U.S. 115 (1900)
- Educational Films Corp. of America v. Ward · 282 U.S. 379 (1931)
- United States v. Alabama · 313 U.S. 274 (1941)
- Capitol Greyhound Lines v. Brice · 339 U.S. 542 (1950)
- Offutt Housing Co. v. County of Sarpy · 351 U.S. 253 (1956)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- United States v. New Mexico · 455 U.S. 720 (1982)
- United States v. County of Fresno · 429 U.S. 452 (1977)
- Jefferson County v. Acker · 527 U.S. 423 (1999)
- Davis v. Michigan Department of the Treasury · 489 U.S. 803 (1989)
- North Dakota v. United States · 495 U.S. 423 (1990)
- Montana v. United States · 440 U.S. 147 (1979)
- City of New Orleans v. Dukes · 427 U.S. 297 (1976)
- Aquilino v. United States · 363 U.S. 509 (1960)
- Washington v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation · 447 U.S. 134 (1980)
- Public Util. Comm'n of Cal. v. United States · 355 U.S. 534 (1958)
- South Carolina v. Regan · 465 U.S. 367 (1984)
- Franchise Tax Board v. United States Postal Service · 467 U.S. 512 (1984)
- Phillips Chemical Co. v. Dumas Independent School District · 361 U.S. 376 (1960)
- United States v. Township of Muskegon · 355 U.S. 484 (1958)
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