Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Association, Inc., v. United States

Decided May 2, 1960. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 62 · 362 U.S. 458 (1960) · Cited 153 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• United States v. Borden Co. · 308 U.S. 188 (1939)
• Allen Bradley Co. v. Local Union No. 3, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers · 325 U.S. 797 (1945)
• United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 150 (1940)
• United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. · 334 U.S. 131 (1948)
• Associated Press v. United States · 326 U.S. 1 (1945)
• Connolly v. Union Sewer Pipe Co. · 184 U.S. 540 (1902)
• Tigner v. Texas · 310 U.S. 141 (1940)
• United States v. Hutcheson · 312 U.S. 219 (1941)
• United States v. Griffith · 334 U.S. 100 (1948)
• United States v. Rock Royal Co-Operative, Inc. · 307 U.S. 533 (1939)
• United States v. Columbia Steel Co. · 334 U.S. 495 (1948)
• Schine Chain Theatres, Inc. v. United States · 334 U.S. 110 (1948)

Cited by

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

• Brown Shoe Co. v. United States · 370 U.S. 294 (1962)
• United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · 366 U.S. 316 (1961)
• Silver v. New York Stock Exchange · 373 U.S. 341 (1963)
• United States v. Philadelphia National Bank · 374 U.S. 321 (1963)
• Pan American World Airways, Inc. v. United States · 371 U.S. 296 (1963)
• Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp. · 370 U.S. 690 (1962)
• Hughes Tool Co. v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · 409 U.S. 363 (1973)
• Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. American Train Dispatchers' Ass'n · 499 U.S. 117 (1991)
• Ricci v. Chicago Mercantile Exchange · 409 U.S. 289 (1973)
• Sunkist Growers, Inc. v. Winckler & Smith Citrus Products Co. · 370 U.S. 19 (1962)
• California v. Federal Power Commission · 369 U.S. 482 (1962)
• Citizen Publishing Co. v. United States · 394 U.S. 131 (1969)

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