Lichter et al., Doing Business as Southern Fireproofing Co., v. United States

Decided June 14, 1948. Harold Hitz Burton delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 105 · 334 U.S. 742 (1948) · Cited 478 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• MacAuley v. Waterman Steamship Corp. · 327 U.S. 540 (1946)
• Yakus v. United States · 321 U.S. 414 (1944)
• Aircraft & Diesel Equipment Corp. v. Hirsch · 331 U.S. 752 (1947)
• Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan · 293 U.S. 388 (1935)
• Dayton-Goose Creek Railway Co. v. United States, Interstate Commerce Commission · 263 U.S. 456 (1924)
• United States v. Bethlehem Steel Corp. · 315 U.S. 289 (1942)
• Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co. · 320 U.S. 591 (1944)
• A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States · 295 U.S. 495 (1935)
• Jacobson v. Massachusetts · 197 U.S. 11 (1905)
• Hirabayashi v. United States · 320 U.S. 81 (1943)
• Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad · 240 U.S. 1 (1916)
• J. W. Hampton, Jr., & Co. v. United States · 276 U.S. 394 (1928)
• Korematsu v. United States · 323 U.S. 214 (1945)
• Sunshine Anthracite Coal Co. v. Adkins · 310 U.S. 381 (1940)
• National Broadcasting Co. v. United States · 319 U.S. 190 (1943)
• Bowles v. Willingham · 321 U.S. 503 (1944)
• American Power & Light Co. v. Securities & Exchange Commission · 329 U.S. 90 (1946)
• Opp Cotton Mills, Inc. v. Administrator of the Wage & Hour Division of the Department of Labor · 312 U.S. 126 (1941)
• In Re Grimley · 137 U.S. 147 (1890)
• Billings v. United States · 232 U.S. 261 (1914)
• Tagg Bros. & Moorhead v. United States · 280 U.S. 420 (1930)
• Federal Trade Commission v. R. F. Keppel & Bro. Inc. · 291 U.S. 304 (1934)
• Edgar A. Levy Leasing Co. v. Siegel · 258 U.S. 242 (1922)
• Central Union Trust Co. of NY v. Garvan · 254 U.S. 554 (1921)

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• McGautha v. California · 402 U.S. 183 (1971)
• United States v. O'Brien · 391 U.S. 367 (1968)
• Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety · 597 U.S. 580 (2022)
• Whitman v. American Trucking Assns., Inc. · 531 U.S. 457 (2001)
• Clinton v. City of New York · 524 U.S. 417 (1998)
• Renegotiation Board v. Bannercraft Clothing Co. · 415 U.S. 1 (1974)
• United States v. Robel · 389 U.S. 258 (1967)
• Gundy v. United States · 588 U.S. 128 (2019)
• Powell v. United States Cartridge Co. · 339 U.S. 497 (1950)
• Mistretta v. United States · 488 U.S. 361 (1989)
• Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez · 372 U.S. 144 (1963)
• Wayte v. United States · 470 U.S. 598 (1985)
• Hamdi v. Rumsfeld · 542 U.S. 507 (2004)
• Concrete Pipe & Products of Cal., Inc. v. Construction Laborers Pension Trust for Southern Cal. · 508 U.S. 602 (1993)
• Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co. · 428 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. RA Gray & Co. · 467 U.S. 717 (1984)
• Zemel v. Rusk · 381 U.S. 1 (1965)
• United States Ex Rel. Knauff v. Shaughnessy · 338 U.S. 537 (1950)
• Rostker v. Goldberg · 453 U.S. 57 (1981)
• Ewing v. Mytinger & Casselberry, Inc. · 339 U.S. 594 (1950)
• Loving v. United States · 517 U.S. 748 (1996)
• Industrial Union Dept., AFL-CIO v. American Petroleum Institute · 448 U.S. 607 (1980)
• United States v. Central Eureka Mining Co. · 357 U.S. 155 (1958)
• Touby v. United States · 500 U.S. 160 (1991)
• United States v. Caltex (Philippines), Inc. · 344 U.S. 149 (1952)
• FCC v. Consumers' Research · 606 U.S. 656 (2025)

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