Deepsouth Packing Co., Inc. v. Laitram Corp.

Decided May 30, 1972. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 71-315 · 406 U.S. 518 (1972) · Cited 205 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• Leeds & Catlin Co. v. Victor Talking MacHine Co. · 213 U.S. 301 (1909)
• Mercoid Corp. v. Mid-Continent Investment Co. · 320 U.S. 661 (1944)
• Aro Manufacturing Co. v. Convertible Top Replacement Co. · 365 U.S. 336 (1961)
• Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas City · 383 U.S. 1 (1966)
• Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Supermarket Equipment Corp. · 340 U.S. 147 (1950)
• Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co. · 376 U.S. 225 (1964)
• Dowagiac Manufacturing Co. v. Minnesota Moline Plow Co. · 235 U.S. 641 (1915)
• Kendall v. Winsor · 62 U.S. 322 (1859)
• Bauer & Cie v. O'Donnell · 229 U.S. 1 (1913)
• Mercoid Corp. v. Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co. · 320 U.S. 680 (1944)
• The Corn-Planter Patent · 90 U.S. 181 (1874)

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• Life Technologies Corp. v. Promega Corp. · 580 U.S. 140 (2017)
• Dawson Chemical Co. v. Rohm & Haas Co. · 448 U.S. 176 (1980)
• Limelight Networks, Inc. v. Akamai Technologies, Inc. · 572 U.S. 915 (2014)
• Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark Int'l, Inc. · 581 U.S. 360 (2017)
• Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. · 464 U.S. 417 (1984)
• Diamond v. Chakrabarty · 447 U.S. 303 (1980)
• Diamond v. Diehr · 450 U.S. 175 (1981)
• Parker v. Flook · 437 U.S. 584 (1978)
• Asgrow Seed Co. v. Winterboer · 513 U.S. 179 (1995)

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