Radzanower v. Touche Ross & Co. et al.

Decided June 7, 1976. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 75-268 · 426 U.S. 148 (1976) · Cited 674 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

“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.

• Mercantile Nat. Bank at Dallas v. Langdeau · 371 U.S. 555 (1963)
• First Nat. Bank of Charlotte v. Morgan · 132 U.S. 141 (1889)
• Morton v. Mancari · 417 U.S. 535 (1974)
• United States v. Borden Co. · 308 U.S. 188 (1939)
• Silver v. New York Stock Exchange · 373 U.S. 341 (1963)
• Michigan National Bank v. Robertson · 372 U.S. 591 (1963)
• Wilko v. Swan · 346 U.S. 427 (1953)
• Fourco Glass Co. v. Transmirra Products Corp. · 353 U.S. 222 (1957)
• Posadas v. National City Bank · 296 U.S. 497 (1936)
• United States v. National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. · 422 U.S. 694 (1975)
• Gordon v. New York Stock Exchange, Inc. · 422 U.S. 659 (1975)
• Brown v. General Services Administration · 425 U.S. 820 (1976)
• Regional Rail Reorganization Act Cases · 419 U.S. 102 (1974)
• United States v. Philadelphia National Bank · 374 U.S. 321 (1963)
• Investment Company Institute v. Camp · 401 U.S. 617 (1971)
• Ex Parte Crow Dog · 109 U.S. 556 (1883)
• United States v. United Continental Tuna Corp. · 425 U.S. 164 (1976)
• Bulova Watch Co. v. United States · 365 U.S. 753 (1961)
• Rodgers v. United States · 185 U.S. 83 (1902)
• Stonite Products Co. v. Melvin Lloyd Co. · 315 U.S. 561 (1942)
• First National Bank v. Fellows Ex Rel. Union Trust Co. · 244 U.S. 416 (1917)
• Red Rock v. Henry · 106 U.S. 596 (1883)

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• Kremer v. Chemical Construction Corp. · 456 U.S. 461 (1982)
• Smith v. Robinson · 468 U.S. 992 (1984)
• Traynor v. Turnage · 485 U.S. 535 (1988)
• Randall v. Loftsgaarden · 478 U.S. 647 (1986)
• J. E. M. Ag Supply, Inc. v. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. · 534 U.S. 124 (2001)
• Allen v. McCurry · 449 U.S. 90 (1980)
• Sedima, S. P. R. L. v. Imrex Co. · 473 U.S. 479 (1985)
• United States v. Batchelder · 442 U.S. 114 (1979)
• Crawford Fitting Co. v. J. T. Gibbons, Inc. · 482 U.S. 437 (1987)
• Runyon v. McCrary · 427 U.S. 160 (1976)
• United States v. Fausto · 484 U.S. 439 (1988)
• Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis · 584 U.S. 497 (2018)
• Watt v. Alaska · 451 U.S. 259 (1981)
• Leroy v. Great Western United Corp. · 443 U.S. 173 (1979)
• County of Washington v. Gunther · 452 U.S. 161 (1981)
• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. v. Epstein · 516 U.S. 367 (1996)
• Patel v. Garland · 596 U.S. 328 (2022)
• Hohn v. United States · 524 U.S. 236 (1998)
• Parsons Steel, Inc. v. First Alabama Bank · 474 U.S. 518 (1986)
• Branch v. Smith · 538 U.S. 254 (2003)
• Marquette National Bank of Minneapolis v. First of Omaha Service Corp. · 439 U.S. 299 (1978)
• Izumi Seimitsu Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha v. U. S. Philips Corp. · 510 U.S. 27 (1993)
• Third Nat. Bank in Nashville v. Impac Limited, Inc. · 432 U.S. 312 (1977)
• EC Term of Years Trust v. United States · 550 U.S. 429 (2007)

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