Dickinson v. Petroleum Conversion Corp.
Decided January 16, 1950. Robert Houghwout Jackson delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 150 · 338 U.S. 507 (1950) · Cited 321 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 7–1.
Majority · 7
- Robert Houghwout Jackson · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Felix Frankfurter
- Frederick Moore Vinson
- Harold Hitz Burton
- Sherman Minton
- Stanley Forman Reed
- Tom C. Clark
Dissenting · 1
- Hugo Lafayette Black · filed a dissenting opinion
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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.
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad · 331 U.S. 519 (1947)
- Davis v. Department of Labor and Industries of Wash. · 317 U.S. 249 (1942)
- City of Morgantown v. Royal Insurance · 337 U.S. 254 (1949)
- Hohorst v. Hamburg-American Packet Co. · 148 U.S. 262 (1893)
Cited by
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- Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. MacKey · 351 U.S. 427 (1956)
- Federal Trade Commission v. Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co. · 344 U.S. 206 (1952)
- Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin · 417 U.S. 156 (1974)
- Johnson v. Jones · 515 U.S. 304 (1995)
- Hill v. Colorado · 530 U.S. 703 (2000)
- Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn · 420 U.S. 469 (1975)
- Budinich v. Becton Dickinson & Co. · 486 U.S. 196 (1988)
- Gillespie v. United States Steel Corp. · 379 U.S. 148 (1964)
- Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn. · 564 U.S. 786 (2011)
- Baltimore Contractors, Inc. v. Bodinger · 348 U.S. 176 (1955)
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