Kiefer-Stewart Co. v. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. et al.

Decided January 2, 1951. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 297 · 340 U.S. 211 (1951) · Cited 537 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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)
• American Tobacco Co. v. United States · 328 U.S. 781 (1946)
• Mandeville Island Farms, Inc. v. American Crystal Sugar Co. · 334 U.S. 219 (1948)
• United States v. Yellow Cab Co. · 332 U.S. 218 (1947)

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• Copperweld Corp. v. Independence Tube Corp. · 467 U.S. 752 (1984)
• Albrecht v. Herald Co. · 390 U.S. 145 (1968)
• Perma Life Mufflers, Inc. v. International Parts Corp. · 392 U.S. 134 (1968)
• Arizona v. Maricopa County Medical Society · 457 U.S. 332 (1982)
• Atlantic Richfield Co. v. USA Petroleum Co. · 495 U.S. 328 (1990)
• California Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc. · 445 U.S. 97 (1980)
• Timken Roller Bearing Co. v. United States · 341 U.S. 593 (1951)
• Moore v. Mead's Fine Bread Co. · 348 U.S. 115 (1954)
• Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc. · 473 U.S. 614 (1985)
• Associated General Contractors of California, Inc. v. California State Council of Carpenters · 459 U.S. 519 (1983)
• Continental T. v. Inc. v. GTE Sylvania Inc. · 433 U.S. 36 (1977)
• United States v. Philadelphia National Bank · 374 U.S. 321 (1963)
• Times-Picayune Publishing Co. v. United States · 345 U.S. 594 (1953)
• National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma · 468 U.S. 85 (1984)
• Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. · 441 U.S. 1 (1979)
• Schwegmann Bros. v. Calvert Distillers Corp. · 341 U.S. 384 (1951)
• White Motor Co. v. United States · 372 U.S. 253 (1963)
• United States v. Parke, Davis & Co. · 362 U.S. 29 (1960)
• Fortner Enterprises, Inc. v. United States Steel Corp. · 394 U.S. 495 (1969)
• St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Barry · 438 U.S. 531 (1978)
• United States v. Citizens & Southern National Bank · 422 U.S. 86 (1975)
• United States v. Penn-Olin Chemical Co. · 378 U.S. 158 (1964)

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