McAllister v. United States
Decided November 8, 1954. Sherman Minton delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 23 · 348 U.S. 19 (1954) · Cited 1,049 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 6–2.
Majority · 6
- Sherman Minton · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Earl Warren
- Harold Hitz Burton
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- Tom C. Clark
- William Orville Douglas
Dissenting · 2
- Felix Frankfurter · filed a dissenting opinion
- Stanley Forman Reed · filed a dissenting opinion
“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.
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · 333 U.S. 364 (1948)
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co. · 321 U.S. 29 (1944)
- United States v. Oregon State Medical Society · 343 U.S. 326 (1952)
- Myers v. Reading Co. · 331 U.S. 477 (1947)
- National Labor Relations Board v. Pittsburgh Steamship Co. · 340 U.S. 498 (1951)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Ferguson v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. · 352 U.S. 521 (1957)
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · 470 U.S. 564 (1985)
- Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp. · 496 U.S. 384 (1990)
- Doggett v. United States · 505 U.S. 647 (1992)
- Thompson v. Keohane · 516 U.S. 99 (1995)
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp. · 350 U.S. 124 (1956)
- Dothard v. Rawlinson · 433 U.S. 321 (1977)
- Crumady v. the Joachim Hendrik Fisser · 358 U.S. 423 (1959)
- Dick v. New York Life Insurance · 359 U.S. 437 (1959)
- Guzman v. Pichirilo · 369 U.S. 698 (1962)
- Schulz v. Pennsylvania Railroad · 350 U.S. 523 (1956)
- Morales v. City of Galveston · 370 U.S. 165 (1962)
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