Kordel v. United States
Decided November 22, 1948. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 30 · 335 U.S. 345 (1948) · Cited 201 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 5
- William Orville Douglas · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Frederick Moore Vinson
- Harold Hitz Burton
- Stanley Forman Reed
- Wiley Blount Rutledge
Dissenting · 4
- Felix Frankfurter
- Frank Murphy
- Hugo Lafayette Black · filed a dissenting opinion
- Robert Houghwout Jackson
“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. Sullivan · 332 U.S. 689 (1948)
- Blockburger v. United States · 284 U.S. 299 (1931)
- Winters v. New York · 333 U.S. 507 (1948)
- United States v. Dotterweich · 320 U.S. 277 (1943)
- Roschen v. Ward · 279 U.S. 337 (1929)
- United States v. Resnick · 299 U.S. 207 (1936)
- M. Kraus & Bros., Inc. v. United States · 327 U.S. 614 (1946)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Wyeth v. Levine · 555 U.S. 555 (2009)
- Mourning v. Family Publications Service, Inc. · 411 U.S. 356 (1973)
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