Greene v. United States
Decided February 17, 1964. Arthur Joseph Goldberg delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 84 · 376 U.S. 149 (1964) · Cited 325 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 7–2.
Majority · 7
- Arthur Joseph Goldberg · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Earl Warren
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- Potter Stewart
- Tom C. Clark
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
- William Orville Douglas
Dissenting · 2
- Byron Raymond White
- John Marshall Harlan · 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.
- Greene v. McElroy · 360 U.S. 474 (1959)
- Silver v. New York Stock Exchange · 373 U.S. 341 (1963)
- Myers v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. · 303 U.S. 41 (1938)
- Aircraft & Diesel Equipment Corp. v. Hirsch · 331 U.S. 752 (1947)
- Township of Hillsborough v. Cromwell · 326 U.S. 620 (1946)
- Union Pacific Railroad v. Laramie Stock Yards Co. · 231 U.S. 190 (1913)
- Skinner & Eddy Corp. v. United States · 249 U.S. 557 (1919)
- Smith v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co. · 270 U.S. 587 (1926)
- Claridge Apartments Co. v. Commissioner · 323 U.S. 141 (1944)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Bradley v. School Bd. of Richmond · 416 U.S. 696 (1974)
- Landgraf v. USI Film Products · 511 U.S. 244 (1994)
- Thorpe v. Housing Authority of Durham · 393 U.S. 268 (1969)
- Bowen v. Georgetown University Hospital · 488 U.S. 204 (1988)
- Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. v. Bonjorno · 494 U.S. 827 (1990)
- Coit Independence Joint Venture v. Federal Savings & Loan Insurance · 489 U.S. 561 (1989)
- National Labor Relations Board v. Industrial Union of Marine & Shipbuilding Workers of America · 391 U.S. 418 (1968)
- Bennett v. New Jersey · 470 U.S. 632 (1985)
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