La Buy, United States District Judge, v. Howes Leather Co., Inc., et al.
Decided January 14, 1957. Tom C. Clark delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 27 · 352 U.S. 249 (1957) · Cited 664 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 5
- Tom C. Clark · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Earl Warren
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- Stanley Forman Reed
- William Orville Douglas
Dissenting · 4
- Felix Frankfurter
- Harold Hitz Burton
- John Marshall Harlan
- William Joseph Brennan Jr. · filed a dissenting opinion
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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.
- Roche v. Evaporated Milk Assn. · 319 U.S. 21 (1943)
- Parr v. United States · 351 U.S. 513 (1956)
- Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Holland · 346 U.S. 379 (1953)
- Maryland v. Soper, Judge · 270 U.S. 9 (1926)
- Cobbledick v. United States · 309 U.S. 323 (1940)
- Ex Parte Peterson · 253 U.S. 300 (1920)
- Ex Parte Fahey · 332 U.S. 258 (1947)
- United States Alkali Export Ass'n v. United States · 325 U.S. 196 (1945)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Will v. United States · 389 U.S. 90 (1967)
- Mathews v. Weber · 423 U.S. 261 (1976)
- United States v. Sanchez-Gomez · 584 U.S. 381 (2018)
- Chandler v. Judicial Council of the Tenth Circuit · 398 U.S. 74 (1970)
- Will v. Calvert Fire Insurance · 437 U.S. 655 (1978)
- Federal Trade Commission v. Dean Foods Co. · 384 U.S. 597 (1966)
- Stringfellow v. Concerned Neighbors in Action · 480 U.S. 370 (1987)
- Beacon Theatres, Inc. v. Westover · 359 U.S. 500 (1959)
- Dairy Queen, Inc. v. Wood · 369 U.S. 469 (1962)
- Schlagenhauf v. Holder · 379 U.S. 104 (1964)
- Thermtron Products, Inc. v. Hermansdorfer · 423 U.S. 336 (1976)
- Pulliam v. Allen · 466 U.S. 522 (1984)
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