Skelly Oil Co. et al. v. Phillips Petroleum Co.

Decided June 5, 1950. Felix Frankfurter delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 221 · 339 U.S. 667 (1950) · Cited 1,625 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–3.

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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.

• Aetna Life Insurance v. Haworth · 300 U.S. 227 (1937)
• Gully v. First Nat. Bank in Meridian · 299 U.S. 109 (1936)
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Mottley · 211 U.S. 149 (1908)
• Eisner v. MacOmber · 252 U.S. 189 (1920)
• Neirbo Co. v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. · 308 U.S. 165 (1939)
• Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. v. Huffman · 319 U.S. 293 (1943)
• Towne v. Eisner · 245 U.S. 418 (1918)
• Taylor v. Anderson · 234 U.S. 74 (1914)
• Tennessee v. Union & Planters' Bank · 152 U.S. 454 (1894)
• Colegrove v. Green · 328 U.S. 549 (1946)
• Kennedy v. Silas Mason Co. · 334 U.S. 249 (1948)
• Metcalf v. Watertown · 128 U.S. 586 (1888)
• Arkansas v. Kansas & Texas Coal Co. · 183 U.S. 185 (1901)

Cited by

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• Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Construction Laborers Vacation Trust for Southern Cal. · 463 U.S. 1 (1983)
• Medtronic, Inc. v. Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC. · 571 U.S. 191 (2014)
• Textron Lycoming Reciprocating Engine Division v. United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers · 523 U.S. 653 (1998)
• Vaden v. Discover Bank · 556 U.S. 49 (2009)
• Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co. · 358 U.S. 354 (1959)
• Christianson v. Colt Industries Operating Corp. · 486 U.S. 800 (1988)
• Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Thompson Ex Rel. Thompson · 478 U.S. 804 (1986)
• Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc. · 438 U.S. 59 (1978)
• Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. v. Hall · 453 U.S. 571 (1981)
• Horton v. Liberty Mutual Insurance · 367 U.S. 348 (1961)
• Heikkila v. Barber · 345 U.S. 229 (1953)
• Schilling v. Rogers · 363 U.S. 666 (1960)
• International Ass'n of MacHinists v. Central Airlines, Inc. · 372 U.S. 682 (1963)
• Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Texaco Inc. · 415 U.S. 125 (1974)
• Pan American Petroleum Corp. v. Superior Court of Del. for New Castle Cty. · 366 U.S. 656 (1961)
• California v. Texas · 593 U.S. 659 (2021)
• Haaland v. Brackeen · 599 U.S. 255 (2023)

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