Kimball Laundry Co. v. United States

Decided June 27, 1949. Felix Frankfurter delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 63 · 338 U.S. 1 (1949) · Cited 443 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• United States v. General Motors Corp. · 323 U.S. 373 (1945)
• United States v. Petty Motor Co. · 327 U.S. 372 (1946)
• United States Ex Rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. Powelson · 319 U.S. 266 (1943)
• Mitchell v. United States · 267 U.S. 341 (1925)
• McGovern v. City of New York · 229 U.S. 363 (1913)
• City of Omaha v. Omaha Water Co. · 218 U.S. 180 (1910)
• United States v. Causby · 328 U.S. 256 (1946)
• Olson v. United States · 292 U.S. 246 (1934)
• Ithaca Trust Co. v. United States · 279 U.S. 151 (1929)
• United States v. Chandler-Dunbar Water Power Co. · 229 U.S. 53 (1913)
• State ex rel. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission of Missouri · 262 U.S. 276 (1923)
• Consolidated Rock Products Co. v. Du Bois · 312 U.S. 510 (1941)
• Omnia Commercial Co. v. United States · 261 U.S. 502 (1923)
• Group of Institutional Investors v. Chicago, M., St. P. & P.R. Co., and 9 Other Cases · 318 U.S. 523 (1943)
• Boston Chamber of Commerce v. City of Boston · 217 U.S. 189 (1910)
• Joslin Manufacturing Co. v. City of Providence · 262 U.S. 668 (1923)
• McCardle v. Indianapolis Water Co. · 272 U.S. 400 (1926)
• Galveston Electric Co. v. City of Galveston · 258 U.S. 388 (1922)
• Des Moines Gas Co. v. City of Des Moines · 238 U.S. 153 (1915)
• City and County of Denver v. Denver Union Water Co. · 246 U.S. 178 (1918)

Cited by

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

• First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. County of Los Angeles · 482 U.S. 304 (1987)
• Brown v. Legal Foundation of Washington · 538 U.S. 216 (2003)
• United States v. Pewee Coal Co. · 341 U.S. 114 (1951)
• United States v. 50 Acres of Land · 469 U.S. 24 (1984)
• United States v. Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Navigation Co. · 338 U.S. 396 (1949)
• Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City · 473 U.S. 172 (1985)
• Keystone Bituminous Coal Assn. v. DeBenedictis · 480 U.S. 470 (1987)
• Phillips v. Washington Legal Foundation · 524 U.S. 156 (1998)
• United States v. Dow · 357 U.S. 17 (1958)
• Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States · 568 U.S. 23 (2012)
• San Diego Gas & Electric Co. v. City of San Diego · 450 U.S. 621 (1981)
• United States v. 564.54 Acres of Monroe and Pike County Land · 441 U.S. 506 (1979)

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