Norwood et al. v. Kirkpatrick, U.S. District Judge
Decided April 11, 1955. Sherman Minton delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 337 · 349 U.S. 29 (1955) · Cited 752 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–3.
Majority · 5
- Sherman Minton · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Felix Frankfurter
- Harold Hitz Burton
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- Stanley Forman Reed
Dissenting · 3
- Earl Warren
- Tom C. Clark · filed a dissenting opinion
- William Orville Douglas
“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.
- Koster v. (American) Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. · 330 U.S. 518 (1947)
- Ex Parte Collett · 337 U.S. 55 (1949)
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Kepner · 314 U.S. 44 (1941)
- Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert · 330 U.S. 501 (1947)
- Miles v. Illinois Central Railroad · 315 U.S. 698 (1942)
- Kerotest Manufacturing Co. v. C-O-Two Fire Equipment Co. · 342 U.S. 180 (1952)
- Association of Westinghouse Salaried Employees v. Westinghouse Electric Corp. · 348 U.S. 437 (1955)
- Canada Malting Co. v. Paterson Steamships, Ltd. · 285 U.S. 413 (1932)
- Jesionowski v. Boston & Maine Railroad · 329 U.S. 452 (1947)
- Wells v. Simonds Abrasive Co. · 345 U.S. 514 (1953)
- Pope v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad · 345 U.S. 379 (1953)
Cited by
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- Atlantic Marine Constr. Co. v. United States Dist. Court for Western Dist. of Tex. · 571 U.S. 49 (2013)
- Van Dusen v. Barrack · 376 U.S. 612 (1964)
- Stewart Organization, Inc. v. Ricoh Corp. · 487 U.S. 22 (1988)
- Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno · 454 U.S. 235 (1981)
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