Independent Warehouses, Inc. et al. v. Scheele, Recorder of the Township of Saddle River, et al.

Decided April 14, 1947. Wiley Blount Rutledge delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 83 · 331 U.S. 70 (1947) · Cited 108 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• Minnesota v. Blasius · 290 U.S. 1 (1933)
• Nashville, C. & St. LR Co. v. Wallace · 288 U.S. 249 (1933)
• General Oil Co. v. Crain · 209 U.S. 211 (1908)
• Federal Compress & Warehouse Co. v. McLean · 291 U.S. 17 (1934)
• Oliver Iron Mining Co. v. Lord · 262 U.S. 172 (1923)
• Carmichael v. Southern Coal & Coke Co. · 301 U.S. 495 (1937)
• Wisconsin v. J. C. Penney Co. · 311 U.S. 435 (1941)
• Freeman v. Hewit · 329 U.S. 249 (1946)
• Jamison v. Texas · 318 U.S. 413 (1943)
• Brown v. Houston · 114 U.S. 622 (1885)
• Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Texas · 210 U.S. 217 (1908)
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Garrett · 231 U.S. 298 (1913)
• Farmers & Merchants Bank of Monroe v. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond · 262 U.S. 649 (1923)
• Browning v. City of Waycross · 233 U.S. 16 (1914)
• American Steel & Wire Co. v. Speed · 192 U.S. 500 (1904)
• Board of Trade of Kansas City v. United States · 314 U.S. 534 (1942)
• Union Brokerage Co. v. Jensen · 322 U.S. 202 (1944)
• Champlain Realty Co. v. Town of Brattleboro · 260 U.S. 366 (1922)
• Carson Petroleum Co. v. Vial, Sheriff & Tax Collector · 279 U.S. 95 (1929)
• Edwards v. Chile Copper Co. · 270 U.S. 452 (1926)
• Duckworth v. Arkansas · 314 U.S. 390 (1941)
• Edelman v. Boeing Air Transport, Inc. · 289 U.S. 249 (1933)

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• H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. v. Du Mond · 336 U.S. 525 (1949)
• City of Lakewood v. Plain Dealer Publishing Co. · 486 U.S. 750 (1988)
• Rescue Army v. Municipal Court of Los Angeles · 331 U.S. 549 (1947)
• Minneapolis Star & Tribune Co. v. Minnesota Commissioner of Revenue · 460 U.S. 575 (1983)
• Braniff Airways, Inc. v. Nebraska State Board of Equalization & Assessment · 347 U.S. 590 (1954)
• Memphis Natural Gas Co. v. Stone · 335 U.S. 80 (1948)

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