Colonnade Catering Corp. v. United States
Decided February 25, 1970. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 108 · 397 U.S. 72 (1970) · Cited 732 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–3.
Majority · 5
- William Orville Douglas · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Byron Raymond White
- John Marshall Harlan
- Thurgood Marshall
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
Dissenting · 3
- Hugo Lafayette Black · filed a dissenting opinion
- Potter Stewart
- Warren Earl Burger · 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.
- See v. City of Seattle · 387 U.S. 541 (1967)
- Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San Francisco · 387 U.S. 523 (1967)
- Frank v. Maryland · 359 U.S. 360 (1959)
- Boyd v. United States · 116 U.S. 616 (1886)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Almeida-Sanchez v. United States · 413 U.S. 266 (1973)
- United States v. Biswell · 406 U.S. 311 (1972)
- City of L. A. v. Patel · 576 U.S. 409 (2015)
- New York v. Burger · 482 U.S. 691 (1987)
- Donovan v. Dewey · 452 U.S. 594 (1981)
- Marshall v. Barlow's, Inc. · 436 U.S. 307 (1978)
- Illinois v. Krull · 480 U.S. 340 (1987)
- Delaware v. Prouse · 440 U.S. 648 (1979)
- United States v. Martinez-Fuerte · 428 U.S. 543 (1976)
- Zurcher v. Stanford Daily · 436 U.S. 547 (1978)
- California v. LaRue · 409 U.S. 109 (1972)
- G. M. Leasing Corp. v. United States · 429 U.S. 338 (1977)
- Dalia v. United States · 441 U.S. 238 (1979)
- Michigan v. Clifford · 464 U.S. 287 (1984)
- Dow Chemical Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Administrator · 476 U.S. 227 (1986)
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