St. Regis Paper Co. v. United States
Decided December 11, 1961. Tom C. Clark delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 47 · 368 U.S. 208 (1961) · Cited 224 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 6–3.
Majority · 6
- Tom C. Clark · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Earl Warren
- Felix Frankfurter
- John Marshall Harlan
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
- William Orville Douglas
Dissenting · 3
- Charles Evans Whittaker
- Hugo Lafayette Black · filed a dissenting opinion
- Potter Stewart
“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.
- Bowman Dairy Co. v. United States · 341 U.S. 214 (1951)
- Federal Trade Commission v. Claire Furnace Co. · 274 U.S. 160 (1927)
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 150 (1940)
- United States v. L. A. Tucker Truck Lines, Inc. · 344 U.S. 33 (1952)
- United States v. Morton Salt Co. · 338 U.S. 632 (1950)
- Virginian Railway Co. v. United States · 272 U.S. 658 (1927)
- Rock Island, Arkansas & Louisiana Railroad v. United States · 254 U.S. 141 (1920)
- United States v. California · 332 U.S. 19 (1947)
- United States v. Stewart · 311 U.S. 60 (1940)
- Natural Gas Pipeline Co. v. Slattery · 302 U.S. 300 (1937)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Baldrige v. Shapiro · 455 U.S. 345 (1982)
- Heckler v. Community Health Services of Crawford County, Inc. · 467 U.S. 51 (1984)
- United States v. Winstar Corp. · 518 U.S. 839 (1996)
- Pierce County v. Guillen · 537 U.S. 129 (2003)
- Glossip v. Oklahoma · 604 U.S. 226 (2025)
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