District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co., Inc.

Decided June 8, 1953. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 617 · 346 U.S. 100 (1953) · Cited 183 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

“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.

• Stoutenburgh v. Hennick · 129 U.S. 141 (1889)
• Christianson v. King County · 239 U.S. 356 (1915)
• Robbins v. Shelby County Taxing District · 120 U.S. 489 (1887)
• Metropolitan Railroad v. District of Columbia · 132 U.S. 1 (1889)
• Simms v. Simms · 175 U.S. 162 (1899)
• Hornbuckle v. Toombs · 85 U.S. 648 (1874)
• United States v. Morton Salt Co. · 338 U.S. 632 (1950)
• Atlantic Cleaners & Dyers, Inc. v. United States · 286 U.S. 427 (1932)
• Railway Mail Assn. v. Corsi · 326 U.S. 88 (1945)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Bunte Bros. · 312 U.S. 349 (1941)
• Binns v. United States · 194 U.S. 486 (1904)
• Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Sowers · 213 U.S. 55 (1909)
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. United States · 282 U.S. 740 (1931)

Cited by

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

• WRIGHT Et Al. v. ROCKEFELLER, GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, Et Al. · 376 U.S. 52 (1964)
• Financial Oversight and Management Bd. for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC · 590 U.S. 448 (2020)
• Berman v. Parker · 348 U.S. 26 (1954)
• Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States · 379 U.S. 241 (1964)
• District of Columbia v. Carter · 409 U.S. 418 (1973)
• Palmore v. United States · 411 U.S. 389 (1973)
• Bell v. Maryland · 378 U.S. 226 (1964)
• Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority v. Citizens for the Abatement of Aircraft Noise, Inc. · 501 U.S. 252 (1991)
• United States v. Sharpnack · 355 U.S. 286 (1958)

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