Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. v. Walker et al., Doing Business as Depthograph Co.
Decided November 18, 1946. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 24 · 329 U.S. 1 (1946) · Cited 193 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 8–1.
Majority · 7
- Hugo Lafayette Black · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Frank Murphy
- Frederick Moore Vinson
- Robert Houghwout Jackson
- Stanley Forman Reed
- Wiley Blount Rutledge
- William Orville Douglas
Concurring · 1
- Felix Frankfurter · filed a concurring opinion
Dissenting · 1
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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.
- Gill v. Wells · 89 U.S. 1 (1874)
- General Electric Co. v. Wabash Appliance Corp. · 304 U.S. 364 (1938)
- Continental Paper Bag Co. v. Eastern Paper Bag Co. · 210 U.S. 405 (1908)
- Lincoln Engineering Co. v. Stewart-Warner Corp. · 303 U.S. 545 (1938)
- Burford v. Sun Oil Co. · 319 U.S. 315 (1943)
- United Carbon Co. v. Binney & Smith Co. · 317 U.S. 228 (1942)
- Merrill v. Yeomans · 94 U.S. 568 (1877)
- Burr v. Duryee · 68 U.S. 531 (1864)
- Corning v. Burden · 56 U.S. 252 (1854)
- Knapp v. Morss · 150 U.S. 221 (1893)
- Railroad Commission of Texas v. Rowan & Nichols Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 573 (1940)
- General Electric Co. v. Jewel Incandescent Lamp Co. · 326 U.S. 242 (1945)
- Holland Furniture Co. v. Perkins Glue Co. · 277 U.S. 245 (1928)
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)
- Diamond v. Diehr · 450 U.S. 175 (1981)
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