Times-Picayune Publishing Co. et al. v. United States

Decided May 25, 1953. Tom C. Clark delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 374 · 345 U.S. 594 (1953) · Cited 844 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• Standard Oil Co. of California v. United States · 337 U.S. 293 (1949)
• United States v. Griffith · 334 U.S. 100 (1948)
• Lorain Journal Co. v. United States · 342 U.S. 143 (1951)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Gratz · 253 U.S. 421 (1920)
• International Salt Co. v. United States · 332 U.S. 392 (1947)
• United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. · 334 U.S. 131 (1948)
• United States v. Columbia Steel Co. · 334 U.S. 495 (1948)
• American Tobacco Co. v. United States · 328 U.S. 781 (1946)
• Associated Press v. United States · 326 U.S. 1 (1945)
• United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 150 (1940)
• Fashion Originators' Guild of America, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission · 312 U.S. 457 (1941)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Morton Salt Co. · 334 U.S. 37 (1948)
• United Shoe MacHinery Corp. v. United States · 258 U.S. 451 (1922)
• International Business MacHines Corp. v. United States · 298 U.S. 131 (1936)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Motion Picture Advertising Service Co. · 344 U.S. 392 (1953)
• United States v. National Lead Co. · 332 U.S. 319 (1947)
• Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. Olson · 283 U.S. 697 (1931)
• Wickard v. Filburn · 317 U.S. 111 (1942)
• United States v. Colgate & Co. · 250 U.S. 300 (1919)
• Grosjean v. American Press Co. · 297 U.S. 233 (1936)
• Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson · 343 U.S. 495 (1952)
• United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Assn. · 322 U.S. 533 (1944)
• Wieman v. Updegraff · 344 U.S. 183 (1952)
• Eastman Kodak Co. v. Southern Photo Materials Co. · 273 U.S. 359 (1927)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Cement Institute · 333 U.S. 683 (1948)
• Kiefer-Stewart Co. v. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. · 340 U.S. 211 (1951)
• Mandeville Island Farms, Inc. v. American Crystal Sugar Co. · 334 U.S. 219 (1948)
• United States v. Trenton Potteries Co. · 273 U.S. 392 (1927)
• United States v. Yellow Cab Co. · 332 U.S. 218 (1947)
• Timken Roller Bearing Co. v. United States · 341 U.S. 593 (1951)

Cited by

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• Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United States · 356 U.S. 1 (1958)
• Ohio v. American Express Co. · 585 U.S. 529 (2018)
• United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · 351 U.S. 377 (1956)
• Eastman Kodak Co. v. Image Technical Services, Inc. · 504 U.S. 451 (1992)
• National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma · 468 U.S. 85 (1984)
• Fortner Enterprises, Inc. v. United States Steel Corp. · 394 U.S. 495 (1969)
• United States v. Loew's Inc. · 371 U.S. 38 (1962)
• United States v. Continental Can Co. · 378 U.S. 441 (1964)
• Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. · 441 U.S. 1 (1979)
• St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Barry · 438 U.S. 531 (1978)
• Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Independent Ink, Inc. · 547 U.S. 28 (2006)
• Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. · 368 U.S. 464 (1962)
• Tampa Electric Co. v. Nashville Coal Co. · 365 U.S. 320 (1961)
• United States v. Parke, Davis & Co. · 362 U.S. 29 (1960)
• Radovich v. National Football League · 352 U.S. 445 (1957)
• International Boxing Club of New York, Inc. v. United States · 358 U.S. 242 (1959)
• Toolson v. New York Yankees, Inc. · 346 U.S. 356 (1953)
• United States v. Pabst Brewing Co. · 384 U.S. 546 (1966)
• United States v. International Boxing Club of New York, Inc. · 348 U.S. 236 (1955)

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