Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc., et al.

Decided June 15, 1970. John Marshall Harlan delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 175 · 398 U.S. 375 (1970) · Cited 1,104 times

We don’t yet publish a summary of this opinion — read the official text below for the Court’s holding and reasoning.

How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

“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.

• The Tungus v. Skovgaard · 358 U.S. 588 (1959)
• Insurance Co. v. Brame · 95 U.S. 754 (1878)
• Gillespie v. United States Steel Corp. · 379 U.S. 148 (1964)
• McAllister v. Magnolia Petroleum Co. · 357 U.S. 221 (1958)
• Kernan v. American Dredging Co. · 355 U.S. 426 (1958)
• Hess v. United States · 361 U.S. 314 (1960)
• The Lottawanna · 88 U.S. 558 (1875)
• Fitzgerald v. United States Lines Co. · 374 U.S. 16 (1963)
• Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts · 388 U.S. 130 (1967)
• Richards v. United States · 369 U.S. 1 (1962)
• Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki · 328 U.S. 85 (1946)
• Giordenello v. United States · 357 U.S. 480 (1958)
• Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. Hawn · 346 U.S. 406 (1953)
• The Osceola · 189 U.S. 158 (1903)
• Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc. · 362 U.S. 539 (1960)
• Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co. · 321 U.S. 96 (1944)
• Rodrigue v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 395 U.S. 352 (1969)
• Husty v. United States · 282 U.S. 694 (1931)
• The Hamilton · 207 U.S. 398 (1907)
• Neely v. Martin K. Eby Construction Co., Inc. · 386 U.S. 317 (1967)
• Lindgren v. United States · 281 U.S. 38 (1930)
• Van Ness v. Pacard · 27 U.S. 137 (1829)
• California v. Taylor · 353 U.S. 553 (1957)
• Cox v. Roth · 348 U.S. 207 (1955)

Cited by

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

• Yamaha Motor Corp., USA v. Calhoun · 516 U.S. 199 (1996)
• Miles v. Apex Marine Corp. · 498 U.S. 19 (1990)
• Mobil Oil Corp. v. Higginbotham · 436 U.S. 618 (1978)
• Sea-Land Services, Inc. v. Gaudet · 414 U.S. 573 (1974)
• Offshore Logistics, Inc. v. Tallentire · 477 U.S. 207 (1986)
• Dutra Group v. Batterton · 588 U.S. 358 (2019)
• American Export Lines, Inc. v. Alvez · 446 U.S. 274 (1980)
• Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community · 572 U.S. 782 (2014)
• Air & Liquid Systems Corp. v. DeVries · 586 U.S. 446 (2019)
• Payne v. Tennessee · 501 U.S. 808 (1991)
• Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation · 402 U.S. 313 (1971)
• Williams v. Florida · 399 U.S. 78 (1970)
• Ford Motor Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 458 U.S. 219 (1982)
• United States v. Reliable Transfer Co. · 421 U.S. 397 (1975)
• Heck v. Humphrey · 512 U.S. 477 (1994)
• California v. Green · 399 U.S. 149 (1970)
• Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody · 422 U.S. 405 (1975)
• American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah · 414 U.S. 538 (1974)
• Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia · 448 U.S. 555 (1980)
• Weinberger v. Romero-Barcelo · 456 U.S. 305 (1982)
• Miller v. Fenton · 474 U.S. 104 (1985)
• Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance v. Knudson · 534 U.S. 204 (2002)
• MacKey v. United States · 401 U.S. 667 (1971)
• Lehman Brothers v. Schein · 416 U.S. 386 (1974)
• Rogers v. Tennessee · 532 U.S. 451 (2001)
• Atlantic Sounding Co. v. Townsend · 557 U.S. 404 (2009)
• Vance v. Terrazas · 444 U.S. 252 (1980)

Official text

Read the official opinion (U.S. Reports, govinfo.gov)

Explore from here

John Marshall Harlan’s profile · All Supreme Court opinions · The Supreme Court

Source: the U.S. Reports via govinfo.gov; authoring Justice and vote lineup from the Supreme Court Database (Washington University). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).