Eli Lilly & Co. v. Sav-On-Drugs, Inc., et al.

Decided May 22, 1961. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 203 · 366 U.S. 276 (1961) · Cited 138 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• Robbins v. Shelby County Taxing District · 120 U.S. 489 (1887)
• Cheney Bros. Co. v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts · 246 U.S. 147 (1916)
• International Textbook Co. v. Pigg · 217 U.S. 91 (1910)
• Union Brokerage Co. v. Jensen · 322 U.S. 202 (1944)
• Northwestern States Portland Cement Co. v. Minnesota · 358 U.S. 450 (1959)
• Nippert v. City of Richmond · 327 U.S. 416 (1946)
• Sioux Remedy Co. v. Cope · 235 U.S. 197 (1914)
• International Shoe Co. v. Washington · 326 U.S. 310 (1945)
• Hanson v. Denckla · 357 U.S. 235 (1958)
• McGee v. International Life Insurance · 355 U.S. 220 (1957)
• Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · 331 U.S. 218 (1947)
• Murdock v. Pennsylvania · 319 U.S. 105 (1943)
• Wisconsin v. J. C. Penney Co. · 311 U.S. 435 (1941)
• Dahnke-Walker Milling Co. v. Bondurant · 257 U.S. 282 (1921)
• Spector Motor Service, Inc. v. O'Connor · 340 U.S. 602 (1951)
• Crutcher v. Kentucky · 141 U.S. 47 (1891)
• Leloup v. Port of Mobile · 127 U.S. 640 (1888)
• Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Browning · 310 U.S. 362 (1940)
• Sprout v. South Bend · 277 U.S. 163 (1928)
• Norton Co. v. Department of Revenue of Ill. · 340 U.S. 534 (1951)
• Browning v. City of Waycross · 233 U.S. 16 (1914)
• California v. Thompson · 313 U.S. 109 (1941)

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• Allenberg Cotton Co. v. Pittman · 419 U.S. 20 (1974)
• Bendix Autolite Corp. v. Midwesco Enterprises, Inc. · 486 U.S. 888 (1988)

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