Link v. Wabash Railroad Co.

Decided June 25, 1962. John Marshall Harlan delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 422 · 370 U.S. 626 (1962) · Cited 14,398 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 4–3.

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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.

• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp. · 318 U.S. 80 (1943)
• Societe Internationale Pour Participations Industrielles Et Commerciales, S. A. v. Rogers · 357 U.S. 197 (1958)
• Langnes v. Green · 282 U.S. 531 (1931)
• United States & Interstate Commerce Commission v. American Railway Express Co. · 265 U.S. 425 (1924)
• Anderson National Bank v. Luckett · 321 U.S. 233 (1944)
• Smith v. Ayer · 101 U.S. 320 (1880)
• Walling v. General Industries Co. · 330 U.S. 545 (1947)

Cited by

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

• Chambers v. Nasco, Inc. · 501 U.S. 32 (1991)
• Carlisle v. United States · 517 U.S. 416 (1996)
• Dietz v. Bouldin · 579 U.S. 40 (2016)
• Pioneer Investment Services Co. v. Brunswick Associates Ltd. Partnership · 507 U.S. 380 (1993)
• Roadway Express, Inc. v. Piper · 447 U.S. 752 (1980)
• Maples v. Thomas · 565 U.S. 266 (2012)
• Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Haeger · 581 U.S. 101 (2017)
• Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. v. Sperling · 493 U.S. 165 (1989)
• Degen v. United States · 517 U.S. 820 (1996)
• Thomas v. Arn · 474 U.S. 140 (1985)
• Coleman v. Thompson · 501 U.S. 722 (1991)
• Carnegie-Mellon University v. Cohill · 484 U.S. 343 (1988)
• Irwin v. Department of Veterans Affairs · 498 U.S. 89 (1990)
• National Hockey League v. Metropolitan Hockey Club, Inc. · 427 U.S. 639 (1976)
• United States v. New York Telephone Co. · 434 U.S. 159 (1977)
• New York v. Hill · 528 U.S. 110 (2000)
• Harris Truck Lines, Inc. v. Cherry Meat Packers, Inc. · 371 U.S. 215 (1962)
• United States v. Tsarnaev · 595 U.S. 302 (2022)
• Hemphill v. New York · 595 U.S. 140 (2022)

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