Phillips Chemical Co. v. Dumas Independent School District

Decided February 23, 1960. Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 40 · 361 U.S. 376 (1960) · Cited 205 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Allied Stores of Ohio, Inc. v. Bowers · 358 U.S. 522 (1959)
• MacAllen Co. v. Massachusetts · 279 U.S. 620 (1929)
• Pacific Co. v. Johnson · 285 U.S. 480 (1932)
• United States v. City of Detroit · 355 U.S. 466 (1958)
• City of Detroit v. Murray Corp. of America · 355 U.S. 489 (1958)
• Educational Films Corp. of America v. Ward · 282 U.S. 379 (1931)
• United States v. Township of Muskegon · 355 U.S. 484 (1958)

Cited by

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

• Davis v. Michigan Department of the Treasury · 489 U.S. 803 (1989)
• Dawson v. Steager · 586 U.S. 171 (2019)
• Montana v. United States · 440 U.S. 147 (1979)
• Memphis Bank & Trust Co. v. Garner · 459 U.S. 392 (1983)
• Vance v. Bradley · 440 U.S. 93 (1979)
• Quilloin v. Walcott · 434 U.S. 246 (1978)
• Harper v. Virginia Department of Taxation · 509 U.S. 86 (1993)
• Dorszynski v. United States · 418 U.S. 424 (1974)
• New York City Transit Authority v. Beazer · 440 U.S. 568 (1979)
• Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. v. Reily · 373 U.S. 64 (1963)

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