Consolo v. Federal Maritime Commission et al.

Decided March 22, 1966. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 63 · 383 U.S. 607 (1966) · Cited 2,949 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

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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.

• Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 340 U.S. 474 (1951)
• United States v. Carolina Freight Carriers Corp. · 315 U.S. 475 (1942)
• Consolidated Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 305 U.S. 197 (1938)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp. · 332 U.S. 194 (1947)
• Phelps Dodge Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 313 U.S. 177 (1941)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Columbian Enameling & Stamping Co. · 306 U.S. 292 (1939)
• Far East Conference v. United States · 342 U.S. 570 (1952)
• Moore v. New York Cotton Exchange · 270 U.S. 593 (1926)
• Rochester Telephone Corp. v. United States · 307 U.S. 125 (1939)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Seven-Up Bottling Co. of Miami, Inc. · 344 U.S. 344 (1953)
• United States v. Carlo Bianchi & Co. · 373 U.S. 709 (1963)
• O'Leary v. Brown-Pacific-Maxon, Inc. · 340 U.S. 504 (1951)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Walton Manufacturing Co. · 369 U.S. 404 (1962)
• Arizona Grocery Co. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. · 284 U.S. 370 (1932)
• United States Navigation Co. v. Cunard Steamship Co. · 284 U.S. 474 (1932)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Nevada Consolidated Copper Corp. · 316 U.S. 105 (1942)
• United States v. Interstate Commerce Commission · 337 U.S. 426 (1949)
• Federal Security Administrator v. Quaker Oats Co. · 318 U.S. 218 (1943)

Cited by

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

• Chandler v. Roudebush · 425 U.S. 840 (1976)
• Port of Boston Marine Terminal Assn. v. Rederiaktiebolaget Transatlantic · 400 U.S. 62 (1970)
• Steadman v. Securities & Exchange Commission · 450 U.S. 91 (1981)
• Industrial Union Dept., AFL-CIO v. American Petroleum Institute · 448 U.S. 607 (1980)
• Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft v. Federal Maritime Commission · 390 U.S. 261 (1968)
• Richardson v. Perales · 402 U.S. 389 (1971)
• Bowman Transportation, Inc. v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc. · 419 U.S. 281 (1974)
• Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 435 U.S. 519 (1978)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Gissel Packing Co. · 395 U.S. 575 (1969)
• Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 520 U.S. 180 (1997)
• American Textile Manufacturers Institute, Inc. v. Donovan · 452 U.S. 490 (1981)
• Illinois Central Railroad v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. · 385 U.S. 57 (1966)

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