Standard Oil Co. v. New Jersey
Decided May 28, 1951. Stanley Forman Reed delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 384 · 341 U.S. 428 (1951) · Cited 184 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 5
- Stanley Forman Reed · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Frederick Moore Vinson
- Harold Hitz Burton
- Sherman Minton
- Tom C. Clark
Dissenting · 4
- Felix Frankfurter · filed a dissenting opinion
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- Robert Houghwout Jackson
- William Orville Douglas · filed a dissenting opinion
“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.
- Security Savings Bank v. California · 263 U.S. 282 (1923)
- Anderson National Bank v. Luckett · 321 U.S. 233 (1944)
- Harris v. Balk · 198 U.S. 215 (1905)
- Farmers Loan & Trust Co. v. Minnesota · 280 U.S. 204 (1930)
- Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. · 339 U.S. 306 (1950)
- Christianson v. King County · 239 U.S. 356 (1915)
- Chase Securities Corp. v. Donaldson · 325 U.S. 304 (1945)
- Estin v. Estin · 334 U.S. 541 (1948)
- Campbell v. Holt · 115 U.S. 620 (1885)
- TEXAS v. FLORIDA Et Al. · 306 U.S. 398 (1939)
- Wuchter v. Pizzutti · 276 U.S. 13 (1928)
- Hebert v. Louisiana · 272 U.S. 312 (1926)
- Curry v. McCanless · 307 U.S. 357 (1939)
- Blackstone v. Miller · 188 U.S. 189 (1903)
- First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Maine · 284 U.S. 312 (1932)
- State Tax Comm'n of Utah v. Aldrich · 316 U.S. 174 (1942)
- Pennington v. Fourth National Bank of Cincinnati · 243 U.S. 269 (1917)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Texas v. New Jersey · 379 U.S. 674 (1965)
- City of New York v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad · 344 U.S. 293 (1953)
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