Gillespie, Administratrix v. United States Steel Corp.

Decided December 7, 1964. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 10 · 379 U.S. 148 (1964) · Cited 896 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

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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.

• Lindgren v. United States · 281 U.S. 38 (1930)
• The Osceola · 189 U.S. 158 (1903)
• The Tungus v. Skovgaard · 358 U.S. 588 (1959)
• Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · 337 U.S. 541 (1949)
• Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki · 328 U.S. 85 (1946)
• Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co. · 321 U.S. 96 (1944)
• Kernan v. American Dredging Co. · 355 U.S. 426 (1958)
• New York Central Railroad Company v. Winfield · 244 U.S. 147 (1916)
• Larson v. Domestic and Foreign Commerce Corp. · 337 U.S. 682 (1949)
• Land v. Dollar · 330 U.S. 731 (1947)
• United States v. General Motors Corp. · 323 U.S. 373 (1945)
• Just v. Chambers · 312 U.S. 383 (1941)
• Conley v. Gibson · 355 U.S. 41 (1957)
• Foman v. Davis · 371 U.S. 178 (1962)
• Brown Shoe Co. v. United States · 370 U.S. 294 (1962)
• Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. Hawn · 346 U.S. 406 (1953)
• Baltimore Steamship Co. v. Phillips · 274 U.S. 316 (1927)
• Forgay v. Conrad · 47 U.S. 201 (1848)
• Swift & Co. Packers v. Compania Colombiana Del Caribe, S. A. · 339 U.S. 684 (1950)
• Cortes v. Baltimore Insular Line, Inc. · 287 U.S. 367 (1932)
• Fitzgerald v. United States Lines Co. · 374 U.S. 16 (1963)
• Chelentis v. Luckenbach Steamship Co. · 247 U.S. 372 (1918)
• Dickinson v. Petroleum Conversion Corp. · 338 U.S. 507 (1950)
• United States v. Hougham · 364 U.S. 310 (1960)
• The Hamilton · 207 U.S. 398 (1907)
• McAllister v. Magnolia Petroleum Co. · 357 U.S. 221 (1958)

Cited by

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

• Miles v. Apex Marine Corp. · 498 U.S. 19 (1990)
• Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc. · 398 U.S. 375 (1970)
• Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn · 420 U.S. 469 (1975)
• Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay · 437 U.S. 463 (1978)
• Yamaha Motor Corp., USA v. Calhoun · 516 U.S. 199 (1996)
• American Export Lines, Inc. v. Alvez · 446 U.S. 274 (1980)
• Mitchell v. Forsyth · 472 U.S. 511 (1985)
• Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin · 417 U.S. 156 (1974)
• Bradley v. School Bd. of Richmond · 416 U.S. 696 (1974)
• City of Houston v. Hill · 482 U.S. 451 (1987)
• Riley v. Bondi · 606 U.S. 259 (2025)

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