Reliance Electric Co. v. Emerson Electric Co.

Decided January 11, 1972. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 70-79 · 404 U.S. 418 (1972) · Cited 198 times

Holding

Under the terms of 16(b) respondent is not liable to petitioner (Dodge's successor) for profits derived from the sale of the 9.96% to Dodge within six months of purchase.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 4–3.

“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.

• Blau v. Lehman · 368 U.S. 403 (1962)
• United States v. American Trucking Associations · 310 U.S. 534 (1940)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. National Securities, Inc. · 393 U.S. 453 (1969)

Cited by

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

• Kern County Land Co. v. Occidental Petroleum Corp. · 411 U.S. 582 (1973)
• Foremost-McKeeson, Inc. v. Provident Securities Co. · 423 U.S. 232 (1976)
• Gollust v. Mendell · 501 U.S. 115 (1991)
• United Housing Foundation, Inc. v. Forman · 421 U.S. 837 (1975)
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Daniel · 439 U.S. 551 (1979)

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