Gardner, Trustee, v. New Jersey

Decided January 20, 1947. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 92 · 329 U.S. 565 (1947) · Cited 388 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.

• Group of Institutional Investors v. Chicago, M., St. P. & P.R. Co., and 9 Other Cases · 318 U.S. 523 (1943)
• Ex Parte Baldwin · 291 U.S. 610 (1934)
• Van Huffel v. Harkelrode · 284 U.S. 225 (1931)
• Wilson Cypress Co. v. Del Pozo Y Marcos · 236 U.S. 635 (1915)
• Brillhart v. Excess Insurance Co. of America · 316 U.S. 491 (1942)
• Vanston Bondholders Protective Committee v. Green · 329 U.S. 156 (1946)
• Case v. Los Angeles Lumber Products Co. · 308 U.S. 106 (1939)
• Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. Co. · 294 U.S. 648 (1935)
• Thompson v. Magnolia Petroleum Co. · 309 U.S. 478 (1940)
• Isaacs v. Hobbs Tie & Timber Co. · 282 U.S. 734 (1931)
• Township of Hillsborough v. Cromwell · 326 U.S. 620 (1946)
• Straton v. New · 283 U.S. 318 (1931)
• Missouri v. Fiske · 290 U.S. 18 (1933)
• Thompson v. Texas Mexican Railway Co. · 328 U.S. 134 (1946)
• Huddleston v. Dwyer · 322 U.S. 232 (1944)
• New York v. MacLay · 288 U.S. 290 (1933)
• Ecker v. Western Pacific R. Corp. · 318 U.S. 448 (1943)
• Whitney v. Wenman · 198 U.S. 539 (1905)
• Whitney v. Dresser · 200 U.S. 532 (1906)
• United States v. Texas · 314 U.S. 480 (1941)
• Meyer v. Fleming · 327 U.S. 161 (1946)
• Smith v. Hoboken Railroad, Warehouse & Steamship Connecting Co. · 328 U.S. 123 (1946)

Cited by

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

• Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation v. Hood · 541 U.S. 440 (2004)
• Katchen v. Landy · 382 U.S. 323 (1966)
• Lapides v. Board of Regents of Univ. System of Ga. · 535 U.S. 613 (2002)
• College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board · 527 U.S. 666 (1999)
• Wisconsin Department of Corrections v. Schacht · 524 U.S. 381 (1998)
• City of New York v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad · 344 U.S. 293 (1953)
• Central Virginia Community College v. Katz · 546 U.S. 356 (2006)
• Darr v. Burford · 339 U.S. 200 (1950)
• Nathanson v. National Labor Relations Board · 344 U.S. 25 (1952)
• Williams v. United States · 341 U.S. 97 (1951)
• Simonson v. Granquist · 369 U.S. 38 (1962)
• Callaway v. Benton · 336 U.S. 132 (1949)

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