Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Company

Decided March 9, 1964. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 108 · 376 U.S. 225 (1964) · Cited 664 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.

• Kellogg Co. v. National Biscuit Co. · 305 U.S. 111 (1938)
• Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Supermarket Equipment Corp. · 340 U.S. 147 (1950)
• Morton Salt Co. v. G. S. Suppiger Co. · 314 U.S. 488 (1942)
• Cuno Engineering Corp. v. Automatic Devices Corp. · 314 U.S. 84 (1942)
• Atlantic Works v. Brady · 107 U.S. 192 (1883)
• Sola Electric Co. v. Jefferson Electric Co. · 317 U.S. 173 (1942)
• Sperry v. Florida Ex Rel. Florida Bar · 373 U.S. 379 (1963)
• United Shoe MacHinery Corp. v. United States · 258 U.S. 451 (1922)
• United States v. Masonite Corp. · 316 U.S. 265 (1942)
• United States v. Univis Lens Co. · 316 U.S. 241 (1942)
• Wheaton and Donaldson v. Peters and Grigg · 33 U.S. 591 (1834)
• International Business MacHines Corp. v. United States · 298 U.S. 131 (1936)
• Kendall v. Winsor · 62 U.S. 322 (1859)

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• Goldstein v. California · 412 U.S. 546 (1973)
• Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC · 576 U.S. 466 (2015)
• Bonito Boats, Inc. v. Thunder Craft Boats, Inc. · 489 U.S. 141 (1989)
• Kewanee Oil Co. v. Bicron Corp. · 416 U.S. 470 (1974)
• Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation · 402 U.S. 313 (1971)
• Lear, Inc. v. Adkins · 395 U.S. 653 (1969)
• Inwood Laboratories, Inc. v. Ives Laboratories, Inc. · 456 U.S. 844 (1982)
• Perez. v. Campbell · 402 U.S. 637 (1971)
• Dastar Corp. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. · 539 U.S. 23 (2003)
• Aro Manufacturing Co. v. Convertible Top Replacement Co. · 377 U.S. 476 (1964)
• Cantor v. Detroit Edison Co. · 428 U.S. 579 (1976)
• Aronson v. Quick Point Pencil Co. · 440 U.S. 257 (1979)
• Deepsouth Packing Co. v. Laitram Corp. · 406 U.S. 518 (1972)

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