Rainwater et al., Doing Business as R. S. Rainwater & Sons, et al. v. United States

Decided May 26, 1958. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 276 · 356 U.S. 590 (1958) · Cited 226 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.

• United States Ex Rel. Marcus v. Hess · 317 U.S. 537 (1943)
• Higgins v. Smith · 308 U.S. 473 (1940)
• Keifer & Keifer v. Reconstruction Finance Corp. · 306 U.S. 381 (1939)
• United States v. Bowman · 260 U.S. 94 (1922)
• Cherry Cotton Mills, Inc. v. United States · 327 U.S. 536 (1946)
• United States v. Stafoff · 260 U.S. 477 (1923)
• United States v. Raynor · 302 U.S. 540 (1938)

Cited by

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• Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States Ex Rel. Stevens · 529 U.S. 765 (2000)
• United States v. Neifert-White Co. · 390 U.S. 228 (1968)
• United States v. Philadelphia National Bank · 374 U.S. 321 (1963)
• Gwaltney of Smithfield, Ltd. v. Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc. · 484 U.S. 49 (1987)
• United States v. Muniz · 374 U.S. 150 (1963)
• Haynes v. United States · 390 U.S. 85 (1968)
• International Primate Protection League v. Administrators of Tulane Educational Fund · 500 U.S. 72 (1991)
• United States v. Southwestern Cable Co. · 392 U.S. 157 (1968)
• United States v. Bornstein · 423 U.S. 303 (1976)
• Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio v. Betts · 492 U.S. 158 (1989)
• Allison Engine Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Sanders · 553 U.S. 662 (2008)
• United States v. Mississippi Valley Generating Co. · 364 U.S. 520 (1961)
• Cook County v. United States Ex Rel. Chandler · 538 U.S. 119 (2003)
• United States v. Wise · 370 U.S. 405 (1962)
• United States v. Clark · 445 U.S. 23 (1980)
• Wisconsin Bell, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Heath · 604 U.S. 140 (2025)
• United States ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, Inc. · 599 U.S. 419 (2023)

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