Daniel, Attorney General, et al. v. Family Security Life Insurance Co. et al.

Decided February 28, 1949. Frank Murphy delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 297 · 336 U.S. 220 (1949) · Cited 153 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Louis K. Liggett Co. v. Baldridge · 278 U.S. 105 (1928)
• United States v. Darby · 312 U.S. 100 (1941)
• United States v. Butler · 297 U.S. 1 (1936)
• Sunshine Anthracite Coal Co. v. Adkins · 310 U.S. 381 (1940)
• Steward MacHine Co. v. Davis · 301 U.S. 548 (1937)
• Prudential Insurance v. Benjamin · 328 U.S. 408 (1946)
• Child Labor Tax Case · 259 U.S. 20 (1922)
• Hammer v. Dagenhart · 247 U.S. 251 (1918)
• Lincoln Federal Labor Union v. Northwestern Iron & Metal Co. · 335 U.S. 525 (1949)
• Osborn v. Ozlin · 310 U.S. 53 (1940)
• Cincinnati Soap Co. v. United States · 301 U.S. 308 (1937)
• United States v. Constantine · 296 U.S. 287 (1935)

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

• North Dakota State Board of Pharmacy v. Snyder's Drug Stores, Inc. · 414 U.S. 156 (1973)
• Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · 337 U.S. 541 (1949)
• Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. · 348 U.S. 483 (1955)
• Nixon v. Administrator of General Services · 433 U.S. 425 (1977)
• Ginsberg v. New York · 390 U.S. 629 (1968)
• Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. · 449 U.S. 456 (1981)
• Ferguson v. Skrupa · 372 U.S. 726 (1963)
• Breard v. Alexandria · 341 U.S. 622 (1951)
• United Mine Workers v. Illinois State Bar Ass'n · 389 U.S. 217 (1967)
• Puyallup Tribe v. Department of Game of Wash. · 391 U.S. 392 (1968)
• California State Automobile Ass'n Inter-Insurance Bureau v. Maloney · 341 U.S. 105 (1951)

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