Perkins v. Benguet Consolidated Mining Co. et al.

Decided March 3, 1952. Harold Hitz Burton delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 85 · 342 U.S. 437 (1952) · Cited 1,544 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• International Shoe Co. v. Washington · 326 U.S. 310 (1945)
• Old Wayne Mut. Life Assn. of Indianapolis v. McDonough · 204 U.S. 8 (1907)
• Pennsylvania Fire Insurance v. Gold Issue Mining & Milling Co. · 243 U.S. 93 (1917)
• Robert Mitchell Furniture Co. v. Selden Breck Construction Co. · 257 U.S. 213 (1921)
• St. Clair v. Cox · 106 U.S. 350 (1882)
• St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. of Texas v. Alexander · 227 U.S. 218 (1913)
• The Lafayette Ins. Co. v. FRENCH · 59 U.S. 404 (1856)
• Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. v. McKibbin · 243 U.S. 264 (1917)
• Barrow Steamship Co. v. Kane · 170 U.S. 100 (1898)
• Radio Station Wow, Inc. v. Johnson · 326 U.S. 120 (1945)

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• Helicopteros Nacionales De Colombia, S. A. v. Hall · 466 U.S. 408 (1984)
• Keeton v. Hustler Magazine, Inc. · 465 U.S. 770 (1984)
• Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S. A. v. Brown · 564 U.S. 915 (2011)
• Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co. · 433 U.S. 562 (1977)
• BNSF R. Co. v. Tyrrell · 581 U.S. 402 (2017)
• Ohio v. Johnson · 467 U.S. 493 (1984)
• Burnham v. Superior Court of Cal., County of Marin · 495 U.S. 604 (1990)
• Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation v. Wold Engineering, P. C. · 467 U.S. 138 (1984)
• Mallory v. Norfolk Southern R. Co · 600 U.S. 122 (2023)
• Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz · 471 U.S. 462 (1985)
• Beck v. Ohio · 379 U.S. 89 (1964)
• Calder v. Jones · 465 U.S. 783 (1984)
• Migra v. Warren City School District Board of Education · 465 U.S. 75 (1984)
• Kulko v. Superior Court of Cal., City and County of San Francisco · 436 U.S. 84 (1978)
• Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft v. Schlunk · 486 U.S. 694 (1988)
• Washington v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation · 447 U.S. 134 (1980)

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