Dick v. New York Life Insurance Co.
Decided May 18, 1959. Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 58 · 359 U.S. 437 (1959) · Cited 228 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 6–2.
Majority · 5
- Earl Warren · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- Tom C. Clark
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
- William Orville Douglas
Concurring · 1
- Potter Stewart · filed a concurring opinion
Dissenting · 2
- Charles Evans Whittaker
- Felix Frankfurter · filed a dissenting opinion
“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.
- Erie Railroad v. Tompkins · 304 U.S. 64 (1938)
- Forsyth v. Hammond · 166 U.S. 506 (1897)
- Palmer v. Hoffman · 318 U.S. 109 (1943)
- New York Life Insurance v. Gamer · 303 U.S. 161 (1938)
- McAllister v. United States · 348 U.S. 19 (1954)
- Brady v. Southern Railway Co. · 320 U.S. 476 (1944)
- Bailey v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc. · 319 U.S. 350 (1943)
- Galloway v. United States · 319 U.S. 372 (1943)
- National Labor Relations Board v. American National Insurance · 343 U.S. 395 (1952)
- Maryland v. Baltimore Radio Show, Inc. Et Al. · 338 U.S. 912 (1950)
- Lau Ow Bew v. United States · 144 U.S. 47 (1892)
- Cities Service Oil Co. v. Dunlap · 308 U.S. 208 (1939)
- National Labor Relations Board v. Pittsburgh Steamship Co. · 340 U.S. 498 (1951)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Sentilles v. Inter-Caribbean Shipping Corp. · 361 U.S. 107 (1959)
- Salve Regina College v. Russell · 499 U.S. 225 (1991)
- Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. Ellerman Lines, Ltd. · 369 U.S. 355 (1962)
- Raleigh v. Illinois Department of Revenue · 530 U.S. 15 (2000)
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