Graver Tank & Mfg. Co., Inc. et al. v. Linde Air Products Co.
Decided May 29, 1950. Robert Houghwout Jackson delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 2 · 339 U.S. 605 (1950) · Cited 1,620 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 6–2.
Majority · 6
- Robert Houghwout Jackson · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Felix Frankfurter
- Frederick Moore Vinson
- Harold Hitz Burton
- Stanley Forman Reed
- Tom C. Clark
Dissenting · 2
- Hugo Lafayette Black · filed a dissenting opinion
- William Orville Douglas · 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.
- Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Products Co. · 336 U.S. 271 (1949)
- Miller v. Brass Co. · 104 U.S. 350 (1882)
- Continental Paper Bag Co. v. Eastern Paper Bag Co. · 210 U.S. 405 (1908)
- Seymour v. Osborne · 78 U.S. 516 (1871)
- McClain v. Ortmayer · 141 U.S. 419 (1891)
- MacHine Co. v. Murphy · 97 U.S. 120 (1878)
- Sanitary Refrigerator Co. v. Winters · 280 U.S. 30 (1929)
- Westinghouse v. Boyden Power Brake Co. · 170 U.S. 537 (1898)
- White v. Dunbar · 119 U.S. 47 (1886)
- Marconi Wireless Co. v. United States · 320 U.S. 1 (1943)
- Mahn v. Harwood · 112 U.S. 354 (1884)
- Merrill v. Yeomans · 94 U.S. 568 (1877)
- Keystone Bridge Co. v. Phoenix Iron Co. · 95 U.S. 274 (1877)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Warner-Jenkinson Co. v. Hilton Davis Chemical Co. · 520 U.S. 17 (1997)
- Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co. · 535 U.S. 722 (2002)
- Automatic Radio Mfg. Co., Inc. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc · 339 U.S. 827 (1950)
- Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc. · 395 U.S. 100 (1969)
- Commissioner v. Duberstein · 363 U.S. 278 (1960)
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