International Salt Co., Inc. v. United States

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

Docket 46 · 332 U.S. 392 (1947) · Cited 691 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 150 (1940)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Express Publishing Co. · 312 U.S. 426 (1941)
• United States v. Trenton Potteries Co. · 273 U.S. 392 (1927)
• Mercoid Corp. v. Mid-Continent Investment Co. · 320 U.S. 661 (1944)
• Morton Salt Co. v. G. S. Suppiger Co. · 314 U.S. 488 (1942)
• United States v. Crescent Amusement Co. · 323 U.S. 173 (1944)
• Jacob Siegel Co. v. Federal Trade Commission · 327 U.S. 608 (1946)
• International Business MacHines Corp. v. United States · 298 U.S. 131 (1936)
• United States v. National Lead Co. · 332 U.S. 319 (1947)
• Mercoid Corp. v. Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co. · 320 U.S. 680 (1944)

Cited by

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• Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United States · 356 U.S. 1 (1958)
• United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · 366 U.S. 316 (1961)
• Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Independent Ink, Inc. · 547 U.S. 28 (2006)
• Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2 v. Hyde · 466 U.S. 2 (1984)
• United States v. Loew's Inc. · 371 U.S. 38 (1962)
• Times-Picayune Publishing Co. v. United States · 345 U.S. 594 (1953)
• Standard Oil Co. of California v. United States · 337 U.S. 293 (1949)
• Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc. · 395 U.S. 100 (1969)
• Fortner Enterprises, Inc. v. United States Steel Corp. · 394 U.S. 495 (1969)
• Eastman Kodak Co. v. Image Technical Services, Inc. · 504 U.S. 451 (1992)
• Ford Motor Co. v. United States · 405 U.S. 562 (1972)
• United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. · 334 U.S. 131 (1948)
• Tampa Electric Co. v. Nashville Coal Co. · 365 U.S. 320 (1961)
• White Motor Co. v. United States · 372 U.S. 253 (1963)
• United States v. Paradise · 480 U.S. 149 (1987)
• United States v. Columbia Steel Co. · 334 U.S. 495 (1948)
• Automatic Radio Mfg. Co., Inc. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc · 339 U.S. 827 (1950)
• United States v. Container Corporation of America · 393 U.S. 333 (1969)
• United States Steel Corp. v. Fortner Enterprises, Inc. · 429 U.S. 610 (1977)
• Federal Trade Commission v. National Lead Co. · 352 U.S. 419 (1957)
• United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · 340 U.S. 76 (1950)
• Atlantic Refining Co. v. Federal Trade Commission · 381 U.S. 357 (1965)
• Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation · 402 U.S. 313 (1971)
• Brown Shoe Co. v. United States · 370 U.S. 294 (1962)
• Professional Real Estate Investors, Inc. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. · 508 U.S. 49 (1993)
• National Society of Professional Engineers v. United States · 435 U.S. 679 (1978)
• Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. · 441 U.S. 1 (1979)
• United States v. Griffith · 334 U.S. 100 (1948)
• United States v. El Paso Natural Gas Co. · 376 U.S. 651 (1964)
• United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · 353 U.S. 586 (1957)

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