Mourning v. Family Publications Service, Inc.

Decided April 24, 1973. Warren Earl Burger delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 71-829 · 411 U.S. 356 (1973) · Cited 992 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• Heiner v. Donnan · 285 U.S. 312 (1932)
• Gemsco, Inc. v. Walling · 324 U.S. 244 (1945)
• Schlesinger v. Wisconsin · 270 U.S. 230 (1926)
• Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · 398 U.S. 144 (1970)
• United States v. Diebold, Inc. · 369 U.S. 654 (1962)
• White Motor Co. v. United States · 372 U.S. 253 (1963)
• American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. United States · 344 U.S. 298 (1953)
• Federal Communications Commission v. American Broadcasting Co. · 347 U.S. 284 (1954)
• Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. · 272 U.S. 365 (1926)
• Thorpe v. Housing Authority of Durham · 393 U.S. 268 (1969)
• National Broadcasting Co. v. United States · 319 U.S. 190 (1943)
• McBoyle v. United States · 283 U.S. 25 (1931)
• American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. United States · 299 U.S. 232 (1936)
• North American Co. v. Securities & Exchange Commission · 327 U.S. 686 (1946)
• Kordel v. United States · 335 U.S. 345 (1948)
• M. Kraus & Bros., Inc. v. United States · 327 U.S. 614 (1946)

Cited by

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

• Ragsdale v. Wolverine World Wide, Inc. · 535 U.S. 81 (2002)
• Weinberger v. Salfi · 422 U.S. 749 (1975)
• Alexander v. Sandoval · 532 U.S. 275 (2001)
• Guardians Assn. v. Civil Serv. Comm'n of New York City · 463 U.S. 582 (1983)
• Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Milhollin · 444 U.S. 555 (1980)
• Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc. · 438 U.S. 59 (1978)
• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke · 438 U.S. 265 (1978)
• Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co. · 428 U.S. 1 (1976)
• United States Department of Agriculture v. Moreno · 413 U.S. 528 (1973)
• United States v. Locke · 471 U.S. 84 (1985)
• Memorial Hospital v. Maricopa County · 415 U.S. 250 (1974)
• Zenith Radio Corp. v. United States · 437 U.S. 443 (1978)
• Beach v. Ocwen Federal Bank · 523 U.S. 410 (1998)
• Industrial Union Dept., AFL-CIO v. American Petroleum Institute · 448 U.S. 607 (1980)
• Lau v. Nichols · 414 U.S. 563 (1974)
• Whirlpool Corp. v. Marshall · 445 U.S. 1 (1980)
• Anderson Bros. Ford v. Valencia · 452 U.S. 205 (1981)
• American Paper Institute, Inc. v. American Electric Power Service Corp. · 461 U.S. 402 (1983)
• United States Department of Agriculture v. Murry · 413 U.S. 508 (1973)
• Adamo Wrecking Co. v. United States · 434 U.S. 275 (1978)

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