Investment Company Institute et al. v. Camp, Comptroller of the Currency, et al.

Decided April 5, 1971. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 61 · 401 U.S. 617 (1971) · Cited 454 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–2.

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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.

• Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · 397 U.S. 150 (1970)
• Arnold Tours, Inc. v. Camp · 400 U.S. 45 (1970)
• Burlington Truck Lines, Inc. v. United States · 371 U.S. 156 (1962)
• Hardin v. Kentucky Utilities Co. · 390 U.S. 1 (1968)
• Barlow v. Collins · 397 U.S. 159 (1970)
• Perkins v. Lukens Steel Co. · 310 U.S. 113 (1940)
• Tennessee Electric Power Co. v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 306 U.S. 118 (1939)
• Alabama Power Co. v. Ickes · 302 U.S. 464 (1938)
• The Chicago Junction Case · 264 U.S. 258 (1924)
• First National Bank in St. Louis v. Missouri · 263 U.S. 640 (1924)

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• Securities Industry Ass'n v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System · 468 U.S. 137 (1984)
• Clarke v. Securities Industry Assn. · 479 U.S. 388 (1987)
• National Credit Union Administration v. First National Bank & Trust Co. · 522 U.S. 479 (1998)
• Jean v. Nelson · 472 U.S. 846 (1985)
• Watters v. Wachovia Bank, N. A. · 550 U.S. 1 (2007)
• Air Courier Conference of America v. American Postal Workers Union · 498 U.S. 517 (1991)
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• Rakas v. Illinois · 439 U.S. 128 (1978)
• Roe v. Wade · 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• Singleton v. Wulff · 428 U.S. 106 (1976)
• Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization · 426 U.S. 26 (1976)
• Bowen v. Georgetown University Hospital · 488 U.S. 204 (1988)
• United Housing Foundation, Inc. v. Forman · 421 U.S. 837 (1975)
• United States v. Richardson · 418 U.S. 166 (1974)
• Radzanower v. Touche Ross & Co. · 426 U.S. 148 (1976)
• Clinton v. City of New York · 524 U.S. 417 (1998)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Sperry & Hutchinson Co. · 405 U.S. 233 (1972)
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Daniel · 439 U.S. 551 (1979)
• Nationsbank of North Carolina, N. A. v. Variable Annuity Life Insurance · 513 U.S. 251 (1995)
• United States v. National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. · 422 U.S. 694 (1975)
• Miller v. Youakim · 440 U.S. 125 (1979)
• Youakim v. Miller · 425 U.S. 231 (1976)
• Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors · 603 U.S. 799 (2024)

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