Hynes, Regional Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, v. Grimes Packing Co. et al.

Decided May 31, 1949. Stanley Forman Reed delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 24 · 337 U.S. 86 (1949) · Cited 152 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.

• Northwestern Bands of Shoshone Indians v. United States · 324 U.S. 335 (1945)
• Parker v. Brown · 317 U.S. 341 (1943)
• Watson v. Buck · 313 U.S. 387 (1941)
• Addison v. Holly Hill Fruit Products, Inc. · 322 U.S. 607 (1944)
• United States v. Jefferson Electric Manufacturing Co. · 291 U.S. 386 (1934)
• United States v. Holt State Bank · 270 U.S. 49 (1926)
• Borax Consolidated, Ltd. v. Los Angeles · 296 U.S. 10 (1935)
• Shoshone Tribe of Indians v. United States · 299 U.S. 476 (1937)
• Sioux Tribe of Indians v. United States · 316 U.S. 317 (1942)
• Burford v. Sun Oil Co. · 319 U.S. 315 (1943)
• Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40 · 300 U.S. 515 (1937)
• Truax v. Raich · 239 U.S. 33 (1915)
• Shively v. Bowlby · 152 U.S. 1 (1894)
• Terrace v. Thompson · 263 U.S. 197 (1923)
• Philadelphia Co. v. Stimson · 223 U.S. 605 (1912)
• In Re Sawyer · 124 U.S. 200 (1888)
• Spielman Motor Sales Co. v. Dodge · 295 U.S. 89 (1935)
• Packard v. Banton · 264 U.S. 140 (1924)
• Pacific States Box & Basket Co. v. White · 296 U.S. 176 (1935)
• United States v. Santa Fe Pacific Railroad · 314 U.S. 339 (1942)
• Tulee v. Washington · 315 U.S. 681 (1942)
• Thompson v. Consolidated Gas Utilities Corp. · 300 U.S. 55 (1937)
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Florida · 295 U.S. 301 (1935)
• Williams v. Fanning · 332 U.S. 490 (1947)
• Harrisonville v. W. S. Dickey Clay Manufacturing Co. · 289 U.S. 334 (1933)
• Petroleum Exploration, Inc. v. Public Service Commission · 304 U.S. 209 (1938)
• United States v. Candelaria · 271 U.S. 432 (1926)
• United States v. Shoshone Tribe of Indians · 304 U.S. 111 (1938)
• United States v. Creek Nation · 295 U.S. 103 (1935)
• Newhall v. Sanger · 92 U.S. 761 (1876)

Cited by

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

• Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States · 348 U.S. 272 (1955)
• Amoco Production Co. v. Village of Gambell · 480 U.S. 531 (1987)
• Organized Village of Kake v. Egan · 369 U.S. 60 (1962)
• United States v. Texas · 339 U.S. 707 (1950)

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