Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Supermarket Equipment Corp.

Decided December 4, 1950. Robert Houghwout Jackson delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 32 · 340 U.S. 147 (1950) · Cited 1,146 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• Cuno Engineering Corp. v. Automatic Devices Corp. · 314 U.S. 84 (1942)
• Reckendorfer v. Faber · 92 U.S. 347 (1876)
• Toledo Pressed Steel Co. v. Standard Parts, Inc. · 307 U.S. 350 (1939)
• Diamond Rubber Co. of New York v. Consolidated Rubber Tire Co. · 220 U.S. 428 (1911)
• McClain v. Ortmayer · 141 U.S. 419 (1891)
• Atlantic Works v. Brady · 107 U.S. 192 (1883)
• Lincoln Engineering Co. v. Stewart-Warner Corp. · 303 U.S. 545 (1938)
• Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Products Co. · 336 U.S. 271 (1949)
• General Electric Co. v. Wabash Appliance Corp. · 304 U.S. 364 (1938)
• Brown v. Piper · 91 U.S. 37 (1875)
• Potts v. Creager · 155 U.S. 597 (1895)
• Carbice Corp. of America v. American Patents Development Corp. · 283 U.S. 27 (1931)
• United Carbon Co. v. Binney & Smith Co. · 317 U.S. 228 (1942)
• Mahn v. Harwood · 112 U.S. 354 (1884)
• Morgan Envelope Co. v. Albany Perforated Wrapping Paper Co. · 152 U.S. 425 (1894)
• Knapp v. Morss · 150 U.S. 221 (1893)
• Smith v. Whitman Saddle Co. · 148 U.S. 674 (1893)
• Concrete Appliances Co. v. Gomery · 269 U.S. 177 (1925)
• Keystone Manufacturing Co. v. Adams · 151 U.S. 139 (1894)

Cited by

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

• Sakraida v. Ag Pro, Inc. · 425 U.S. 273 (1976)
• Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas City · 383 U.S. 1 (1966)
• Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation · 402 U.S. 313 (1971)
• Dalehite v. United States · 346 U.S. 15 (1953)
• KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc. · 550 U.S. 398 (2007)
• Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd. Partnership · 564 U.S. 91 (2011)
• Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co. · 376 U.S. 225 (1964)
• United States v. Parke, Davis & Co. · 362 U.S. 29 (1960)
• Diamond v. Diehr · 450 U.S. 175 (1981)
• Aro Manufacturing Co. v. Convertible Top Replacement Co. · 365 U.S. 336 (1961)
• Diamond v. Chakrabarty · 447 U.S. 303 (1980)
• United States v. Mississippi Valley Generating Co. · 364 U.S. 520 (1961)
• Anderson's-Black Rock, Inc. v. Pavement Salvage Co. · 396 U.S. 57 (1969)
• United States v. Singer Manufacturing Co. · 374 U.S. 174 (1963)
• Deepsouth Packing Co. v. Laitram Corp. · 406 U.S. 518 (1972)
• Dann v. Johnston · 425 U.S. 219 (1976)

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