County of Allegheny v. Frank Mashuda Co. et al.

Decided June 8, 1959. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 347 · 360 U.S. 185 (1959) · Cited 896 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• Toomer v. Witsell · 334 U.S. 385 (1948)
• Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co. · 312 U.S. 496 (1941)
• Kline v. Burke Construction Co. · 260 U.S. 226 (1922)
• Boom Co. v. Patterson · 98 U.S. 403 (1879)
• Public Util. Comm'n of Cal. v. United States · 355 U.S. 534 (1958)
• City of Chicago v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. · 357 U.S. 77 (1958)
• Gaines v. Fuentes · 92 U.S. 10 (1876)
• Burford v. Sun Oil Co. · 319 U.S. 315 (1943)
• Spector Motor Service, Inc. v. McLaughlin · 323 U.S. 101 (1944)
• Meredith v. Winter Haven · 320 U.S. 228 (1943)
• Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. v. Huffman · 319 U.S. 293 (1943)
• Alabama Public Service Commission v. Southern Railway Co. · 341 U.S. 341 (1951)
• Alabama State Federation of Labor v. McAdory · 325 U.S. 450 (1945)
• Toucey v. New York Life Insurance · 314 U.S. 118 (1941)
• Propper v. Clark · 337 U.S. 472 (1949)
• Leiter Minerals, Inc. v. United States · 352 U.S. 220 (1957)
• Pennsylvania v. Williams · 294 U.S. 176 (1935)
• Madisonville Traction Company v. Saint Bernard Mining Company · 196 U.S. 239 (1905)
• American Federation of Labor v. Watson · 327 U.S. 582 (1946)
• The Tungus v. Skovgaard · 358 U.S. 588 (1959)
• Martin's Administrator v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad · 151 U.S. 673 (1894)
• Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad v. Stude · 346 U.S. 574 (1954)
• Chicago v. Fieldcrest Dairies, Inc. · 316 U.S. 168 (1942)
• Hawks v. Hamill · 288 U.S. 52 (1933)
• City of Meridian v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 358 U.S. 639 (1959)
• Government & Civic Employees Organizing Committee v. Windsor · 353 U.S. 364 (1957)
• Chicot County v. Sherwood · 148 U.S. 529 (1893)
• Risty v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. · 270 U.S. 378 (1926)
• Forsyth v. Hammond · 166 U.S. 506 (1897)
• Stainback v. Mo Hock Ke Lok Po · 336 U.S. 368 (1949)

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• Quackenbush v. Allstate Insurance · 517 U.S. 706 (1996)
• Zwickler v. Koota · 389 U.S. 241 (1967)
• SAMUELS Et Al. v. MACKELL, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF QUEENS COUNTY, Et Al. · 401 U.S. 66 (1971)
• Clay v. Sun Ins. Office Ltd. · 363 U.S. 207 (1960)
• Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp. · 460 U.S. 1 (1983)
• Murray v. Carrier · 477 U.S. 478 (1986)
• Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States · 424 U.S. 800 (1976)
• City of Chicago v. International College of Surgeons · 522 U.S. 156 (1997)
• Babbitt v. United Farm Workers National Union · 442 U.S. 289 (1979)
• England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners · 375 U.S. 411 (1964)
• McGautha v. California · 402 U.S. 183 (1971)
• Deakins v. Monaghan · 484 U.S. 193 (1988)
• Iowa Mutual Insurance v. LaPlante · 480 U.S. 9 (1987)
• Trainor v. Hernandez · 431 U.S. 434 (1977)
• Will v. Calvert Fire Insurance · 437 U.S. 655 (1978)
• Hostetter v. Idlewild Bon Voyage Liquor Corp. · 377 U.S. 324 (1964)

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