First National City Bank v. Banco Nacional De Cuba
Decided June 7, 1972. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 70-295 · 406 U.S. 759 (1972) · Cited 199 times
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How the Justices voted
Majority · 2
Plurality · 1
- William Hubbs Rehnquist · delivered the opinion of the Court
Concurring · 2
- Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. · filed a concurring opinion
- William Orville Douglas · filed a concurring opinion
Dissenting · 4
- Harry Andrew Blackmun
- Potter Stewart
- Thurgood Marshall
- William Joseph Brennan Jr. · filed a dissenting opinion
“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.
- Banco Nacional De Cuba v. Sabbatino · 376 U.S. 398 (1964)
- National City Bank of NY v. Republic of China · 348 U.S. 356 (1955)
- Zschernig v. Miller · 389 U.S. 429 (1968)
- Underhill v. Hernandez · 168 U.S. 250 (1897)
- United States v. Belmont · 301 U.S. 324 (1937)
- Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
- United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. · 299 U.S. 304 (1936)
- United States v. Pink · 315 U.S. 203 (1942)
- Oetjen v. Central Leather Co. · 246 U.S. 297 (1918)
- The Paquete Habana · 175 U.S. 677 (1899)
- Ex Parte Republic of Peru · 318 U.S. 578 (1943)
- Republic of Mexico v. Hoffman · 324 U.S. 30 (1945)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v. Republic of Cuba · 425 U.S. 682 (1976)
- Medellin v. Texas · 552 U.S. 491 (2008)
- First National City Bank v. Banco Para El Comercio Exterior De Cuba · 462 U.S. 611 (1983)
- American Ins. Assn. v. Garamendi · 539 U.S. 396 (2003)
- W. S. Kirkpatrick & Co. v. Environmental Tectonics Corp., International · 493 U.S. 400 (1990)
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