Rodgers v. United States
Decided November 10, 1947. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 58 · 332 U.S. 371 (1947) · Cited 260 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 7–2.
Majority · 7
- Hugo Lafayette Black · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Felix Frankfurter
- Frank Murphy
- Frederick Moore Vinson
- Robert Houghwout Jackson
- Stanley Forman Reed
- William Orville Douglas
Dissenting · 2
- Harold Hitz Burton · filed a dissenting opinion
- Wiley Blount Rutledge
“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.
- Brooklyn Savings Bank v. O'Neil · 324 U.S. 697 (1945)
- Billings v. United States · 232 U.S. 261 (1914)
- Helvering v. Mitchell · 303 U.S. 391 (1938)
- Sunshine Anthracite Coal Co. v. Adkins · 310 U.S. 381 (1940)
- Board of Comm'rs of Jackson Cty. v. United States · 308 U.S. 343 (1939)
- Royal Indemnity Co. v. United States · 313 U.S. 289 (1941)
- United States v. North Carolina · 136 U.S. 211 (1890)
- Pierce v. United States · 255 U.S. 398 (1921)
- United States v. Childs · 266 U.S. 304 (1924)
- Funkhouser v. J. B. Preston Co. · 290 U.S. 163 (1933)
- Helwig v. United States · 188 U.S. 605 (1903)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- United States v. Texas · 507 U.S. 529 (1993)
- Monessen Southwestern Railway Co. v. Morgan · 486 U.S. 330 (1988)
- City of Milwaukee v. Cement Division, National Gypsum Co. · 515 U.S. 189 (1995)
- Manning v. Seeley Tube & Box Co. · 338 U.S. 561 (1950)
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