Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert, Doing Business as Gilbert Storage & Transfer Co.

Decided March 10, 1947. Robert Houghwout Jackson delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 93 · 330 U.S. 501 (1947) · Cited 5,292 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Kepner · 314 U.S. 44 (1941)
• Neirbo Co. v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. · 308 U.S. 165 (1939)
• Burford v. Sun Oil Co. · 319 U.S. 315 (1943)
• Southern Pacific Company v. Jensen · 244 U.S. 205 (1916)
• Meredith v. Winter Haven · 320 U.S. 228 (1943)
• Canada Malting Co. v. Paterson Steamships, Ltd. · 285 U.S. 413 (1932)
• Slater v. Mexican National Railroad · 194 U.S. 120 (1904)
• Douglas v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad · 279 U.S. 377 (1929)
• Williams v. Green Bay & Western Railroad · 326 U.S. 549 (1946)
• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins · 304 U.S. 64 (1938)
• Williams v. North Carolina · 317 U.S. 287 (1943)
• Georgia v. Pennsylvania Railroad · 324 U.S. 439 (1945)
• Davis v. Department of Labor and Industries of Wash. · 317 U.S. 249 (1942)
• Davis v. Farmers Co-Operative Equity Co. · 262 U.S. 312 (1923)
• Rogers v. Guaranty Trust Co. · 288 U.S. 123 (1933)
• Miles v. Illinois Central Railroad · 315 U.S. 698 (1942)
• State Tax Comm'n of Utah v. Aldrich · 316 U.S. 174 (1942)
• Chicot County v. Sherwood · 148 U.S. 529 (1893)
• Broderick v. Rosner · 294 U.S. 629 (1935)

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• Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno · 454 U.S. 235 (1981)
• American Dredging Co. v. Miller · 510 U.S. 443 (1994)
• Norwood v. Kirkpatrick · 349 U.S. 29 (1955)
• Quackenbush v. Allstate Insurance · 517 U.S. 706 (1996)
• Daimler AG v. Bauman · 571 U.S. 117 (2014)
• Hoffman v. Blaski · 363 U.S. 335 (1960)
• Dietz v. Bouldin · 579 U.S. 40 (2016)
• Van Cauwenberghe v. Biard · 486 U.S. 517 (1988)
• Ferens v. John Deere Co. · 494 U.S. 516 (1990)
• United States v. National City Lines, Inc. · 334 U.S. 573 (1948)
• The Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co. · 407 U.S. 1 (1972)
• Van Dusen v. Barrack · 376 U.S. 612 (1964)
• Shaffer v. Heitner · 433 U.S. 186 (1977)
• Chick Kam Choo v. Exxon Corp. · 486 U.S. 140 (1988)
• Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz · 471 U.S. 462 (1985)
• Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States · 424 U.S. 800 (1976)
• Chambers v. Nasco, Inc. · 501 U.S. 32 (1991)
• Sinochem International Co. v. Malaysia International Shipping Corp. · 549 U.S. 422 (2007)
• Travelers Health Assn. v. Virginia Ex Rel. State Corporation Comm'n · 339 U.S. 643 (1950)
• Alabama Public Service Commission v. Southern Railway Co. · 341 U.S. 341 (1951)
• National Equipment Rental, Ltd. v. Szukhent · 375 U.S. 311 (1964)
• Carlisle v. United States · 517 U.S. 416 (1996)
• Ex Parte Collett · 337 U.S. 55 (1949)
• Zivotofsky Ex Rel. Zivotofsky v. Clinton · 566 U.S. 189 (2012)
• Wells v. Simonds Abrasive Co. · 345 U.S. 514 (1953)
• Pope v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad · 345 U.S. 379 (1953)

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