Stainback, Governor of the Territory of Hawaii, et al. v. Mo Hock Ke Lok Po, an Eleemosynary Corporation, et al.

Decided March 14, 1949. Stanley Forman Reed delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 52 · 336 U.S. 368 (1949) · Cited 133 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.

• Phillips v. United States · 312 U.S. 246 (1941)
• Stratton v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. · 282 U.S. 10 (1930)
• Spielman Motor Sales Co. v. Dodge · 295 U.S. 89 (1935)
• Rorick v. Board of Comm'rs of Everglades Drainage Dist. · 307 U.S. 208 (1939)
• Burford v. Sun Oil Co. · 319 U.S. 315 (1943)
• Snowden v. Hughes · 321 U.S. 1 (1944)
• Douglas v. City of Jeannette · 319 U.S. 157 (1943)
• Sibbach v. Wilson & Co. · 312 U.S. 1 (1941)
• Spector Motor Service, Inc. v. McLaughlin · 323 U.S. 101 (1944)
• Meredith v. Winter Haven · 320 U.S. 228 (1943)
• Healy v. Ratta · 292 U.S. 263 (1934)
• Matthews v. Rodgers · 284 U.S. 521 (1932)
• Watson v. Buck · 313 U.S. 387 (1941)
• Township of Hillsborough v. Cromwell · 326 U.S. 620 (1946)
• Andres v. United States · 333 U.S. 740 (1948)
• Beal v. Missouri Pacific R. Corp. · 312 U.S. 45 (1941)
• Ex Parte Collins · 277 U.S. 565 (1928)
• Atlas Life Insurance v. W. I. Southern, Inc. · 306 U.S. 563 (1939)
• Duncan v. Kahanamoku · 327 U.S. 304 (1946)
• De Castro v. Board of Comm'rs of San Juan · 322 U.S. 451 (1944)

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• Calero-Toledo v. Pearson Yacht Leasing Co. · 416 U.S. 663 (1974)
• Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Jacobsen · 362 U.S. 73 (1960)
• Brown Shoe Co. v. United States · 370 U.S. 294 (1962)
• Zwickler v. Koota · 389 U.S. 241 (1967)
• Grupo Mexicano De Desarrollo, S. A. v. Alliance Bond Fund, Inc. · 527 U.S. 308 (1999)
• Abbott v. Perez · 585 U.S. 579 (2018)
• Beacon Theatres, Inc. v. Westover · 359 U.S. 500 (1959)
• Baggett v. Bullitt · 377 U.S. 360 (1964)
• County of Allegheny v. Frank Mashuda Co. · 360 U.S. 185 (1959)
• Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. City of Thibodaux · 360 U.S. 25 (1959)
• Leiter Minerals, Inc. v. United States · 352 U.S. 220 (1957)
• Aberdeen & Rockfish R. Co. v. Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures (SCRAP) · 422 U.S. 289 (1975)
• Turner v. City of Memphis · 369 U.S. 350 (1962)
• Hynes, Regional Director, Fish & Wildlife Service v. Grimes Packing Co. · 337 U.S. 86 (1949)
• United States v. National City Lines, Inc. · 337 U.S. 78 (1949)
• Gunn v. University Committee to End the War in Viet Nam · 399 U.S. 383 (1970)

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