Standard Oil Company of California et al. v. United States

Decided June 13, 1949. Felix Frankfurter delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 279 · 337 U.S. 293 (1949) · Cited 495 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• International Salt Co. v. United States · 332 U.S. 392 (1947)
• Fashion Originators' Guild of America, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission · 312 U.S. 457 (1941)
• Henry v. A. B. Dick Co. · 224 U.S. 1 (1912)
• International Business MacHines Corp. v. United States · 298 U.S. 131 (1936)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Curtis Publishing Co. · 260 U.S. 568 (1923)
• United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 150 (1940)
• United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. · 334 U.S. 131 (1948)
• United States v. Griffith · 334 U.S. 100 (1948)
• Mercoid Corp. v. Mid-Continent Investment Co. · 320 U.S. 661 (1944)
• United States v. Yellow Cab Co. · 332 U.S. 218 (1947)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Morton Salt Co. · 334 U.S. 37 (1948)
• United Shoe MacHinery Corp. v. United States · 258 U.S. 451 (1922)
• United States v. Columbia Steel Co. · 334 U.S. 495 (1948)
• New York Central Securities Corporation v. United States · 287 U.S. 12 (1932)
• Corn Products Refining Co. v. Federal Trade Commission · 324 U.S. 726 (1945)
• Hartford-Empire Co. v. United States · 323 U.S. 386 (1945)
• Schine Chain Theatres, Inc. v. United States · 334 U.S. 110 (1948)
• United States v. United Shoe Machinery Co. of New Jersey · 247 U.S. 32 (1917)
• United States v. International Harvester Co. · 274 U.S. 693 (1927)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Times-Picayune Publishing Co. v. United States · 345 U.S. 594 (1953)
• Brown Shoe Co. v. United States · 370 U.S. 294 (1962)
• Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2 v. Hyde · 466 U.S. 2 (1984)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Motion Picture Advertising Service Co. · 344 U.S. 392 (1953)
• Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United States · 356 U.S. 1 (1958)
• United States v. Philadelphia National Bank · 374 U.S. 321 (1963)
• Tampa Electric Co. v. Nashville Coal Co. · 365 U.S. 320 (1961)
• Fortner Enterprises, Inc. v. United States Steel Corp. · 394 U.S. 495 (1969)
• United States v. Arnold, Schwinn & Co. · 388 U.S. 365 (1967)
• United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · 353 U.S. 586 (1957)
• Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Independent Ink, Inc. · 547 U.S. 28 (2006)
• United States v. Loew's Inc. · 371 U.S. 38 (1962)
• Katz v. United States · 389 U.S. 347 (1967)
• United States v. W. T. Grant Co. · 345 U.S. 629 (1953)
• Eastman Kodak Co. v. Image Technical Services, Inc. · 504 U.S. 451 (1992)
• Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. · 441 U.S. 1 (1979)
• Gulf Oil Corp. v. Copp Paving Co. · 419 U.S. 186 (1974)
• Simpson v. Union Oil Co. of Cal. · 377 U.S. 13 (1964)
• United States v. Employing Plasterers Assn. of Chicago · 347 U.S. 186 (1954)
• United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · 366 U.S. 316 (1961)
• Standard Oil Co. v. Federal Trade Commission · 340 U.S. 231 (1951)
• United States v. Von's Grocery Co. · 384 U.S. 270 (1966)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Sun Oil Co. · 371 U.S. 505 (1963)
• Ford Motor Co. v. United States · 405 U.S. 562 (1972)

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