Federal Trade Commission v. Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co.

Decided December 22, 1952. Frederick Moore Vinson delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 11 · 344 U.S. 206 (1952) · Cited 263 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• Federal Power Commission v. Idaho Power Co. · 344 U.S. 17 (1952)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Morton Salt Co. · 334 U.S. 37 (1948)
• Dickinson v. Petroleum Conversion Corp. · 338 U.S. 507 (1950)
• United States v. Hark · 320 U.S. 531 (1944)
• Hill v. Hawes · 320 U.S. 520 (1944)
• Catlin v. United States · 324 U.S. 229 (1945)
• Hormel v. Helvering · 312 U.S. 552 (1941)
• Cobbledick v. United States · 309 U.S. 323 (1940)
• Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co. · 322 U.S. 238 (1944)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Pottsville Broadcasting Co. · 309 U.S. 134 (1940)
• Toledo Scale Co. v. Computing Scale Co. · 261 U.S. 399 (1923)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Ruberoid Co. · 343 U.S. 470 (1952)
• Wayne United Gas Co. v. Owens-Illinois Glass Co. · 300 U.S. 131 (1937)
• City of Morgantown v. Royal Insurance · 337 U.S. 254 (1949)
• Pfister v. Northern Illinois Finance Corp. · 317 U.S. 144 (1942)
• Maty v. Grasselli Chemical Co. · 303 U.S. 197 (1938)

Cited by

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

• Federal Trade Commission v. Colgate-Palmolive Co. · 380 U.S. 374 (1965)
• Brown Shoe Co. v. United States · 370 U.S. 294 (1962)
• United States v. Adams · 383 U.S. 39 (1966)
• Federal Communications Commission v. League of Women Voters of California · 468 U.S. 364 (1984)
• Missouri v. Jenkins · 495 U.S. 33 (1990)
• Scofield v. National Labor Relations Board · 394 U.S. 423 (1969)

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