G. M. Leasing Corp. et al. v. United States et al.

Decided January 12, 1977. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 75-235 · 429 U.S. 338 (1977) · Cited 680 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Boyd v. United States · 116 U.S. 616 (1886)
• Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San Francisco · 387 U.S. 523 (1967)
• United States v. Biswell · 406 U.S. 311 (1972)
• Den Ex Dem. Murray v. Hoboken Land & Improvement Co. · 59 U.S. 272 (1856)
• Coolidge v. New Hampshire · 403 U.S. 443 (1971)
• Bull v. United States · 295 U.S. 247 (1935)
• Phillips v. Commissioner · 283 U.S. 589 (1931)
• Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · 403 U.S. 388 (1971)
• Fuentes v. Shevin · 407 U.S. 67 (1972)
• Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States · 251 U.S. 385 (1920)
• Fisher v. United States · 425 U.S. 391 (1976)
• McDonald v. United States · 335 U.S. 451 (1948)
• Agnello v. United States · 269 U.S. 20 (1925)
• Stoner v. California · 376 U.S. 483 (1964)
• United States v. Jeffers · 342 U.S. 48 (1951)
• Andresen v. Maryland · 427 U.S. 463 (1976)
• See v. City of Seattle · 387 U.S. 541 (1967)
• Hester v. United States · 265 U.S. 57 (1924)
• Oklahoma Press Publishing Co. v. Walling · 327 U.S. 186 (1946)
• Higgins v. Smith · 308 U.S. 473 (1940)
• Go-Bart Importing Co. v. United States · 282 U.S. 344 (1931)
• Colonnade Catering Corp. v. United States · 397 U.S. 72 (1970)
• California Bankers Assn. v. Shultz · 416 U.S. 21 (1974)
• Taylor v. Secor · 92 U.S. 575 (1876)
• Griffiths v. Commissioner · 308 U.S. 355 (1939)
• Wilson v. United States · 221 U.S. 361 (1911)
• United States v. Bisceglia · 420 U.S. 141 (1975)
• Commissioner v. Shapiro · 424 U.S. 614 (1976)
• Laing v. United States · 423 U.S. 161 (1976)
• Cheatham v. United States · 92 U.S. 85 (1876)

Cited by

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

• Florida v. White · 526 U.S. 559 (1999)
• Illinois v. Andreas · 463 U.S. 765 (1983)
• United States v. Place · 462 U.S. 696 (1983)
• Texas v. Brown · 460 U.S. 730 (1983)
• Oliver v. United States · 466 U.S. 170 (1984)
• Marshall v. Barlow's, Inc. · 436 U.S. 307 (1978)
• United States v. James Daniel Good Real Property · 510 U.S. 43 (1993)
• United States v. National Bank of Commerce · 472 U.S. 713 (1985)
• Payton v. New York · 445 U.S. 573 (1980)
• United States v. Jacobsen · 466 U.S. 109 (1984)
• Ingraham v. Wright · 430 U.S. 651 (1977)
• United States v. Chadwick · 433 U.S. 1 (1977)
• Church of Scientology of California v. United States · 506 U.S. 9 (1992)
• Segura v. United States · 468 U.S. 796 (1984)
• First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Bellotti · 435 U.S. 765 (1978)
• Michigan v. Tyler · 436 U.S. 499 (1978)
• Soldal v. Cook County · 506 U.S. 56 (1992)
• United States v. Rodgers · 461 U.S. 677 (1983)
• Donovan v. Dewey · 452 U.S. 594 (1981)
• Dalia v. United States · 441 U.S. 238 (1979)
• Collins v. Virginia · 584 U.S. 586 (2018)
• Dow Chemical Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Administrator · 476 U.S. 227 (1986)
• Franchise Tax Board v. United States Postal Service · 467 U.S. 512 (1984)

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