Richards et al. v. United States et al.

Decided February 26, 1962. Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 59 · 369 U.S. 1 (1962) · Cited 1,608 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.

• D'Oench, Duhme & Co. v. Federal Deposit Insurance · 315 U.S. 447 (1942)
• Vanston Bondholders Protective Committee v. Green · 329 U.S. 156 (1946)
• Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · 313 U.S. 487 (1941)
• United States v. Sherwood · 312 U.S. 584 (1941)
• Feres v. United States · 340 U.S. 135 (1950)
• Holmberg v. Armbrecht · 327 U.S. 392 (1946)
• Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan · 293 U.S. 388 (1935)
• Clearfield Trust Co. v. United States · 318 U.S. 363 (1943)
• Soriano v. United States · 352 U.S. 270 (1957)
• Mastro Plastics Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 350 U.S. 270 (1956)
• Board of Comm'rs of Jackson Cty. v. United States · 308 U.S. 343 (1939)
• Home Insurance v. Dick · 281 U.S. 397 (1930)
• Pacific Employers Insurance v. Industrial Accident Comm'n · 306 U.S. 493 (1939)
• United States v. Heirs of Boisdoré · 49 U.S. 113 (1849)
• Royal Indemnity Co. v. United States · 313 U.S. 289 (1941)
• Watson v. Employers Liability Assurance Corp. · 348 U.S. 66 (1954)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Lion Oil Co. · 352 U.S. 282 (1957)
• McKenzie v. Irving Trust Co. · 323 U.S. 365 (1945)
• Huddleston v. Dwyer · 322 U.S. 232 (1944)
• Estate of Spiegel v. Commissioner · 335 U.S. 701 (1949)
• Carroll v. Lanza · 349 U.S. 408 (1955)
• Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Delta & Pine Land Co. · 292 U.S. 143 (1934)

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• Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain · 542 U.S. 692 (2004)
• Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson · 404 U.S. 97 (1971)
• Federal Deposit Insurance v. Meyer · 510 U.S. 471 (1994)
• Allstate Insurance v. Hague · 449 U.S. 302 (1981)
• Smith v. United States · 507 U.S. 197 (1993)
• Jam v. International Finance Corp. · 586 U.S. 199 (2019)
• Moor v. County of Alameda · 411 U.S. 693 (1973)
• Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · 398 U.S. 144 (1970)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias · 502 U.S. 478 (1992)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca · 480 U.S. 421 (1987)
• Dandridge v. Williams · 397 U.S. 471 (1970)
• H. J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. · 492 U.S. 229 (1989)
• Russello v. United States · 464 U.S. 16 (1983)
• Lamie v. United States Trustee · 540 U.S. 526 (2004)
• Amoco Production Co. v. Village of Gambell · 480 U.S. 531 (1987)
• Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield · 490 U.S. 30 (1989)
• Boys Markets, Inc. v. Retail Clerks Union, Local 770 · 398 U.S. 235 (1970)
• Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc. · 398 U.S. 375 (1970)
• Gomez v. United States · 490 U.S. 858 (1989)
• International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America v. Hoosier Cardinal Corp. · 383 U.S. 696 (1966)
• American Tobacco Co. v. Patterson · 456 U.S. 63 (1982)
• United States v. Locke · 471 U.S. 84 (1985)
• Edwards v. Aguillard · 482 U.S. 578 (1987)
• Business Guides, Inc. v. Chromatic Communications Enterprises, Inc. · 498 U.S. 533 (1991)
• Moskal v. United States · 498 U.S. 103 (1990)
• Lindahl v. Office of Personnel Management · 470 U.S. 768 (1985)
• Ardestani v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 502 U.S. 129 (1991)
• Regan v. Time, Inc. · 468 U.S. 641 (1984)
• United States v. Seckinger · 397 U.S. 203 (1970)
• Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System v. Dimension Financial Corp. · 474 U.S. 361 (1986)

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