Rayonier Incorporated v. United States
Decided January 28, 1957. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 45 · 352 U.S. 315 (1957) · Cited 493 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 7–2.
Majority · 7
- Hugo Lafayette Black · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Earl Warren
- Felix Frankfurter
- Harold Hitz Burton
- John Marshall Harlan
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
- William Orville Douglas
Dissenting · 2
- Stanley Forman Reed · filed a dissenting opinion
- Tom C. Clark
“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.
- Dalehite v. United States · 346 U.S. 15 (1953)
- Indian Towing Co. v. United States · 350 U.S. 61 (1955)
- Feres v. United States · 340 U.S. 135 (1950)
- United States v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 338 U.S. 366 (1949)
- United States v. Yellow Cab Co. · 340 U.S. 543 (1951)
- Minnesota v. National Tea Co. · 309 U.S. 551 (1940)
- Patterson v. Alabama · 294 U.S. 600 (1935)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Laird v. Nelms · 406 U.S. 797 (1972)
- United States v. Johnson · 481 U.S. 681 (1987)
- Federal Deposit Insurance v. Meyer · 510 U.S. 471 (1994)
- Berkovitz v. United States · 486 U.S. 531 (1988)
- United States v. S.A. Empresa De Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense · 467 U.S. 797 (1984)
- United States v. Muniz · 374 U.S. 150 (1963)
- Block v. Neal · 460 U.S. 289 (1983)
- Molzof v. United States · 502 U.S. 301 (1992)
- United States v. Olson · 546 U.S. 43 (2005)
- United States v. Kwai Fun Wong · 575 U.S. 402 (2015)
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