Kelly v. Kosuga

Decided February 24, 1959. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 267 · 358 U.S. 516 (1959) · Cited 318 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

“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.

• D. R. Wilder Manufacturing Co. v. Corn Products Refining Co. · 236 U.S. 165 (1915)
• Continental Wall Paper Co. v. Louis Voight & Sons Co. · 212 U.S. 227 (1909)
• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins · 304 U.S. 64 (1938)
• Connolly v. Union Sewer Pipe Co. · 184 U.S. 540 (1902)
• Sola Electric Co. v. Jefferson Electric Co. · 317 U.S. 173 (1942)
• McMullen v. Hoffman · 174 U.S. 639 (1899)
• Bruce's Juices, Inc. v. American Can Co. · 330 U.S. 743 (1947)
• A. B. Small Co. v. Lamborn & Co. · 267 U.S. 248 (1925)

Cited by

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

• Kaiser Steel Corp. v. Mullins · 455 U.S. 72 (1982)
• Tampa Electric Co. v. Nashville Coal Co. · 365 U.S. 320 (1961)
• Vendo Co. v. Lektro-Vend Corp. · 433 U.S. 623 (1977)

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