Northern Pacific Railway Co. et al. v. United States

Decided March 10, 1958. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 59 · 356 U.S. 1 (1958) · Cited 1,658 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–3.

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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.

• Times-Picayune Publishing Co. v. United States · 345 U.S. 594 (1953)
• International Salt Co. v. United States · 332 U.S. 392 (1947)
• Standard Oil Co. of California v. United States · 337 U.S. 293 (1949)
• United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. · 334 U.S. 131 (1948)
• United States v. Griffith · 334 U.S. 100 (1948)
• United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 150 (1940)
• United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · 351 U.S. 377 (1956)
• Sartor v. Arkansas Natural Gas Corp. · 321 U.S. 620 (1944)
• Fashion Originators' Guild of America, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission · 312 U.S. 457 (1941)
• International Business MacHines Corp. v. United States · 298 U.S. 131 (1936)

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• United States v. Loew's Inc. · 371 U.S. 38 (1962)
• United States Steel Corp. v. Fortner Enterprises, Inc. · 429 U.S. 610 (1977)
• Eastman Kodak Co. v. Image Technical Services, Inc. · 504 U.S. 451 (1992)
• United States v. Topco Associates, Inc. · 405 U.S. 596 (1972)
• Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. · 441 U.S. 1 (1979)
• White Motor Co. v. United States · 372 U.S. 253 (1963)
• Arizona v. Maricopa County Medical Society · 457 U.S. 332 (1982)
• United States v. Container Corporation of America · 393 U.S. 333 (1969)
• United States v. Philadelphia National Bank · 374 U.S. 321 (1963)
• National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma · 468 U.S. 85 (1984)
• Otter Tail Power Co. v. United States · 410 U.S. 366 (1973)
• Business Electronics Corp. v. Sharp Electronics Corp. · 485 U.S. 717 (1988)
• Northwest Wholesale Stationers, Inc. v. Pacific Stationery & Printing Co. · 472 U.S. 284 (1985)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Superior Court Trial Lawyers Ass'n · 493 U.S. 411 (1990)
• Catalano, Inc. v. Target Sales, Inc. · 446 U.S. 643 (1980)
• United States v. Sealy, Inc. · 388 U.S. 350 (1967)
• Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc. · 473 U.S. 614 (1985)
• Illinois Brick Co. v. Illinois · 431 U.S. 720 (1977)
• Copperweld Corp. v. Independence Tube Corp. · 467 U.S. 752 (1984)
• California Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc. · 445 U.S. 97 (1980)
• Exxon Corp. v. Governor of Maryland · 437 U.S. 117 (1978)
• Hawaii v. Standard Oil Co. of Cal. · 405 U.S. 251 (1972)
• United States v. General Motors Corp. · 384 U.S. 127 (1966)
• Vendo Co. v. Lektro-Vend Corp. · 433 U.S. 623 (1977)
• Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. American Train Dispatchers' Ass'n · 499 U.S. 117 (1991)
• Rice v. Norman Williams Co. · 458 U.S. 654 (1982)
• Summit Health, Ltd. v. Pinhas · 500 U.S. 322 (1991)

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