Federal Crop Insurance Corp. v. Merrill et al., Doing Business as Merrill Bros.
Decided November 10, 1947. Felix Frankfurter delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 45 · 332 U.S. 380 (1947) · Cited 1,581 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 5
- Felix Frankfurter · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Frank Murphy
- Frederick Moore Vinson
- Harold Hitz Burton
- Stanley Forman Reed
Dissenting · 4
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- Robert Houghwout Jackson · filed a dissenting opinion
- Wiley Blount Rutledge
- William Orville Douglas
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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.
- Utah Power & Light Co. v. United States · 243 U.S. 389 (1917)
- Keifer & Keifer v. Reconstruction Finance Corp. · 306 U.S. 381 (1939)
- Rock Island, Arkansas & Louisiana Railroad v. United States · 254 U.S. 141 (1920)
- United States v. Stewart · 311 U.S. 60 (1940)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Office of Personnel Management v. Richmond · 496 U.S. 414 (1990)
- Heckler v. Community Health Services of Crawford County, Inc. · 467 U.S. 51 (1984)
- Schweiker v. Hansen · 450 U.S. 785 (1981)
- United States v. Winstar Corp. · 518 U.S. 839 (1996)
- United States v. Locke · 471 U.S. 84 (1985)
- Indian Towing Co. v. United States · 350 U.S. 61 (1955)
- City of Lafayette v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. · 435 U.S. 389 (1978)
- Glidden Co. v. Zdanok · 370 U.S. 530 (1962)
- Lyng v. Payne · 476 U.S. 926 (1986)
- Peters v. Hobby · 349 U.S. 331 (1955)
- Ball v. James · 451 U.S. 355 (1981)
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