Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., et al.

Decided February 19, 1962. Tom C. Clark delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 45 · 368 U.S. 464 (1962) · Cited 2,575 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• Sartor v. Arkansas Natural Gas Corp. · 321 U.S. 620 (1944)
• United States v. Radio Corp. of America · 358 U.S. 334 (1959)
• Times-Picayune Publishing Co. v. United States · 345 U.S. 594 (1953)
• Eastman Kodak Co. v. Southern Photo Materials Co. · 273 U.S. 359 (1927)
• United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. · 334 U.S. 131 (1948)
• United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · 353 U.S. 586 (1957)
• United States v. Columbia Steel Co. · 334 U.S. 495 (1948)
• Kennedy v. Silas Mason Co. · 334 U.S. 249 (1948)
• Fountain v. Filson · 336 U.S. 681 (1949)
• International Boxing Club of New York, Inc. v. United States · 358 U.S. 242 (1959)

Cited by

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

• First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co. · 391 U.S. 253 (1968)
• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · 550 U.S. 544 (2007)
• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · 477 U.S. 242 (1986)
• Fortner Enterprises, Inc. v. United States Steel Corp. · 394 U.S. 495 (1969)
• Copperweld Corp. v. Independence Tube Corp. · 467 U.S. 752 (1984)
• Simpson v. Union Oil Co. of Cal. · 377 U.S. 13 (1964)
• Agosto v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 436 U.S. 748 (1978)
• Harlow v. Fitzgerald · 457 U.S. 800 (1982)
• Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · 398 U.S. 144 (1970)
• Hospital Building Co. v. Trustees of Rex Hospital · 425 U.S. 738 (1976)
• Wayte v. United States · 470 U.S. 598 (1985)
• Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States Ex Rel. Stevens · 529 U.S. 765 (2000)
• Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp. · 370 U.S. 690 (1962)
• United States v. Kras · 409 U.S. 434 (1973)
• White Motor Co. v. United States · 372 U.S. 253 (1963)
• Nynex Corp. v. Discon, Inc. · 525 U.S. 128 (1998)

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