Gonzales v. United States
Decided March 14, 1955. Tom C. Clark delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 69 · 348 U.S. 407 (1955) · Cited 220 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–3.
Majority · 5
- Tom C. Clark · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Earl Warren
- Felix Frankfurter
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- William Orville Douglas
Dissenting · 3
- Harold Hitz Burton
- Sherman Minton · filed a dissenting opinion
- Stanley Forman Reed · 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.
- United States v. Nugent · 346 U.S. 1 (1953)
- Williams v. New York · 337 U.S. 241 (1949)
- Chicago & Southern Air Lines, Inc. v. Waterman Steamship Corp. · 333 U.S. 103 (1948)
- Estep v. United States · 327 U.S. 114 (1946)
- Morgan v. United States · 304 U.S. 1 (1938)
- National Labor Relations Board v. MacKay Radio & Telegraph Co. · 304 U.S. 333 (1938)
- Norwegian Nitrogen Products Co. v. United States · 288 U.S. 294 (1933)
- Ohio Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 301 U.S. 292 (1937)
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad · 227 U.S. 88 (1913)
- United States & Interstate Commerce Commission v. Abilene & Southern Railway Co. · 265 U.S. 274 (1924)
- Eagles v. United States Ex Rel. Samuels · 329 U.S. 304 (1946)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- United States v. Carlo Bianchi & Co. · 373 U.S. 709 (1963)
- Willner v. Committee on Character and Fitness, Appellate Div. of Supreme Court of NY, First Judicial Dept. · 373 U.S. 96 (1963)
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