Parr v. United States

Decided June 11, 1956. John Marshall Harlan delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 320 · 351 U.S. 513 (1956) · Cited 350 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.

• Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · 337 U.S. 541 (1949)
• Roche v. Evaporated Milk Assn. · 319 U.S. 21 (1943)
• Swift & Co. Packers v. Compania Colombiana Del Caribe, S. A. · 339 U.S. 684 (1950)
• Cobbledick v. United States · 309 U.S. 323 (1940)
• Berman v. United States · 302 U.S. 211 (1937)
• Maryland v. Soper, Judge · 270 U.S. 9 (1926)
• St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad v. Southern Express Co. · 108 U.S. 24 (1883)
• Heike v. United States · 217 U.S. 423 (1910)

Cited by

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

• La Buy v. Howes Leather Co. · 352 U.S. 249 (1957)
• Will v. United States · 389 U.S. 90 (1967)
• Mercantile Nat. Bank at Dallas v. Langdeau · 371 U.S. 555 (1963)
• Chandler v. Judicial Council of the Tenth Circuit · 398 U.S. 74 (1970)
• Kerr v. United States Dist. Court for Northern Dist. of Cal. · 426 U.S. 394 (1976)
• Schlagenhauf v. Holder · 379 U.S. 104 (1964)
• Digital Equipment Corp. v. Desktop Direct, Inc. · 511 U.S. 863 (1994)
• United States v. MacDonald · 435 U.S. 850 (1978)
• DiBella v. United States · 369 U.S. 121 (1962)
• Mills v. Alabama · 384 U.S. 214 (1966)
• United States v. Villamonte-Marquez · 462 U.S. 579 (1983)
• Andrews v. United States · 373 U.S. 334 (1963)
• Fort Wayne Books, Inc. v. Indiana · 489 U.S. 46 (1989)
• Forney v. Apfel · 524 U.S. 266 (1998)

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