Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v. Elmore & Stahl
Decided May 4, 1964. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 292 · 377 U.S. 134 (1964) · Cited 412 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 7–2.
Majority · 7
- Potter Stewart · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Arthur Joseph Goldberg
- Byron Raymond White
- Earl Warren
- John Marshall Harlan
- Tom C. Clark
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
Dissenting · 2
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- William Orville Douglas · 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.
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Thompson Manufacturing Co. · 270 U.S. 416 (1926)
- Southern Railway Co. v. Prescott · 240 U.S. 632 (1916)
- Schnell v. the Vallescura · 293 U.S. 296 (1934)
- Adams Express Company v. Croninger · 226 U.S. 491 (1912)
- Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Wallace · 223 U.S. 481 (1912)
- Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co. v. Rankin · 241 U.S. 319 (1916)
- Southwestern Sugar & Molasses Co. v. River Terminals Corp. · 360 U.S. 411 (1959)
- Lowden v. Simonds-Shields-Lonsdale Grain Co. · 306 U.S. 516 (1939)
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