Kerotest Manufacturing Co. v. C-O-Two Fire Equipment Co.
Decided January 2, 1952. Felix Frankfurter delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 180 · 342 U.S. 180 (1952) · Cited 972 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 7–2.
Majority · 7
- Felix Frankfurter · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Harold Hitz Burton
- Robert Houghwout Jackson
- Sherman Minton
- Stanley Forman Reed
- Tom C. Clark
- William Orville Douglas
Dissenting · 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.
- Kessler v. Eldred · 206 U.S. 285 (1907)
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- Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore · 439 U.S. 322 (1979)
- Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation · 402 U.S. 313 (1971)
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp. · 460 U.S. 1 (1983)
- Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States · 424 U.S. 800 (1976)
- Hoffman v. Blaski · 363 U.S. 335 (1960)
- Walker Process Equipment, Inc. v. Food MacHinery & Chemical Corp. · 382 U.S. 172 (1965)
- Norwood v. Kirkpatrick · 349 U.S. 29 (1955)
- Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. City of Thibodaux · 360 U.S. 25 (1959)
- Cardinal Chemical Co. v. Morton International, Inc. · 508 U.S. 83 (1993)
- Elgin v. Department of the Treasury · 567 U.S. 1 (2012)
- Will v. Calvert Fire Insurance · 437 U.S. 655 (1978)
- Arizona v. San Carlos Apache Tribe of Ariz. · 463 U.S. 545 (1983)
- Cortez Byrd Chips, Inc. v. Bill Harbert Construction Co. · 529 U.S. 193 (2000)
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