Johansen v. United States
Decided May 26, 1952. Stanley Forman Reed delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 401 · 343 U.S. 427 (1952) · Cited 179 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 5
- Stanley Forman Reed · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Felix Frankfurter
- Harold Hitz Burton
- Robert Houghwout Jackson
- Tom C. Clark
Dissenting · 4
- Frederick Moore Vinson
- Hugo Lafayette Black · filed a dissenting opinion
- Sherman Minton
- William Orville Douglas
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.
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.
- American Stevedores, Inc. v. Porello · 330 U.S. 446 (1947)
- Feres v. United States · 340 U.S. 135 (1950)
- Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. v. McAllister · 337 U.S. 783 (1949)
- Canadian Aviator, Ltd. v. United States · 324 U.S. 215 (1945)
- United States v. Shaw · 309 U.S. 495 (1940)
- Keifer & Keifer v. Reconstruction Finance Corp. · 306 U.S. 381 (1939)
- Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Ault · 256 U.S. 554 (1921)
- Brady v. Roosevelt Steamship Co. · 317 U.S. 575 (1943)
- Johnson v. United States Shipping Bd. Emergency Fleet Corporation · 280 U.S. 320 (1930)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- United States v. Demko · 385 U.S. 149 (1966)
- Brown v. General Services Administration · 425 U.S. 820 (1976)
- United Steelworkers of America v. Weber · 443 U.S. 193 (1979)
- United States v. Muniz · 374 U.S. 150 (1963)
- United States v. Brown · 348 U.S. 110 (1954)
- Block v. Neal · 460 U.S. 289 (1983)
- United States v. Public Utilities Commission · 345 U.S. 295 (1953)
- United States v. United Continental Tuna Corp. · 425 U.S. 164 (1976)
Official text
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