Koster v. (american) Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.

Decided March 10, 1947. Robert Houghwout Jackson delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 206 · 330 U.S. 518 (1947) · Cited 1,073 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.

• Rogers v. Guaranty Trust Co. · 288 U.S. 123 (1933)
• Williams v. Green Bay & Western Railroad · 326 U.S. 549 (1946)
• Trustees v. Greenough · 105 U.S. 527 (1882)
• Neirbo Co. v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. · 308 U.S. 165 (1939)
• City of Indianapolis v. Chase National Bank · 314 U.S. 63 (1941)
• Pennsylvania v. Williams · 294 U.S. 176 (1935)
• Slater v. Mexican National Railroad · 194 U.S. 120 (1904)
• Davis v. Farmers Co-Operative Equity Co. · 262 U.S. 312 (1923)
• Douglas v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad · 279 U.S. 377 (1929)
• Guthrie v. Harkness · 199 U.S. 148 (1905)
• Chicot County v. Sherwood · 148 U.S. 529 (1893)
• Davenport v. Dows · 85 U.S. 626 (1874)

Cited by

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

• Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno · 454 U.S. 235 (1981)
• Norwood v. Kirkpatrick · 349 U.S. 29 (1955)
• Ross v. Bernhard · 396 U.S. 531 (1970)
• Smith v. Sperling · 354 U.S. 91 (1957)
• Shaffer v. Heitner · 433 U.S. 186 (1977)
• United States v. National City Lines, Inc. · 334 U.S. 573 (1948)
• Sinochem International Co. v. Malaysia International Shipping Corp. · 549 U.S. 422 (2007)
• American Dredging Co. v. Miller · 510 U.S. 443 (1994)
• Swift & Co. Packers v. Compania Colombiana Del Caribe, S. A. · 339 U.S. 684 (1950)
• Daily Income Fund, Inc. v. Fox · 464 U.S. 523 (1984)
• Bangor Punta Operations, Inc. v. Bangor & Aroostook Railroad · 417 U.S. 703 (1974)

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