Continental Ore Co. et al. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp. et al.

Decided June 25, 1962. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 304 · 370 U.S. 690 (1962) · Cited 924 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.

• Bigelow v. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. · 327 U.S. 251 (1946)
• Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc. · 365 U.S. 127 (1961)
• Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co. · 321 U.S. 29 (1944)
• Steele v. Bulova Watch Co. · 344 U.S. 280 (1952)
• United States v. Diebold, Inc. · 369 U.S. 654 (1962)
• Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. · 368 U.S. 464 (1962)
• United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 150 (1940)
• Parker v. Brown · 317 U.S. 341 (1943)
• Story Parchment Co. v. Paterson Parchment Paper Co. · 282 U.S. 555 (1931)
• American Tobacco Co. v. United States · 328 U.S. 781 (1946)
• Eastman Kodak Co. v. Southern Photo Materials Co. · 273 U.S. 359 (1927)
• United States v. Rock Royal Co-Operative, Inc. · 307 U.S. 533 (1939)
• Georgia v. Pennsylvania Railroad · 324 U.S. 439 (1945)
• Lorain Journal Co. v. United States · 342 U.S. 143 (1951)
• United Shoe MacHinery Corp. v. United States · 347 U.S. 521 (1954)
• Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Assn., Inc. v. United States · 362 U.S. 458 (1960)
• United States v. National Lead Co. · 332 U.S. 319 (1947)
• Pawling and Others v. The United States · 8 U.S. 219 (1808)
• Thomsen v. Cayser · 243 U.S. 66 (1917)

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• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · 475 U.S. 574 (1986)
• Allied Tube & Conduit Corp. v. Indian Head, Inc. · 486 U.S. 492 (1988)
• Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc. · 395 U.S. 100 (1969)
• United Mine Workers v. Pennington · 381 U.S. 657 (1965)
• Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd. · 561 U.S. 247 (2010)
• Professional Real Estate Investors, Inc. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. · 508 U.S. 49 (1993)
• Aspen Skiing Co. v. Aspen Highlands Skiing Corp. · 472 U.S. 585 (1985)
• Hartford Fire Ins. Co. v. California · 509 U.S. 764 (1993)
• Cantor v. Detroit Edison Co. · 428 U.S. 579 (1976)
• Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conference, Inc. v. United States · 471 U.S. 48 (1985)
• Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. · 530 U.S. 133 (2000)
• California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited · 404 U.S. 508 (1972)
• Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar · 421 U.S. 773 (1975)
• Hanover Shoe, Inc. v. United Shoe MacHinery Corp. · 392 U.S. 481 (1968)
• City of Lafayette v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. · 435 U.S. 389 (1978)
• Perma Life Mufflers, Inc. v. International Parts Corp. · 392 U.S. 134 (1968)
• Vendo Co. v. Lektro-Vend Corp. · 433 U.S. 623 (1977)
• Hellenic Lines Ltd. v. Rhoditis · 398 U.S. 306 (1970)
• W. S. Kirkpatrick & Co. v. Environmental Tectonics Corp., International · 493 U.S. 400 (1990)
• Perkins v. Standard Oil Co. of Cal. · 395 U.S. 642 (1969)

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