Timken Roller Bearing Co. v. United States

Decided June 4, 1951. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 352 · 341 U.S. 593 (1951) · Cited 343 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–2.

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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.

• Local 167, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · 291 U.S. 293 (1934)
• United States v. National Lead Co. · 332 U.S. 319 (1947)
• United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. · 334 U.S. 131 (1948)
• Kiefer-Stewart Co. v. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. · 340 U.S. 211 (1951)
• United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · 340 U.S. 76 (1950)
• United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 150 (1940)
• Associated Press v. United States · 326 U.S. 1 (1945)
• United States v. Yellow Cab Co. · 338 U.S. 338 (1949)
• Ethyl Gasoline Corp. v. United States · 309 U.S. 436 (1940)
• United States v. Crescent Amusement Co. · 323 U.S. 173 (1944)
• Hartford-Empire Co. v. United States · 323 U.S. 386 (1945)
• Phillips & Colby Construction Co. v. Seymour · 91 U.S. 646 (1876)

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• Copperweld Corp. v. Independence Tube Corp. · 467 U.S. 752 (1984)
• United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · 366 U.S. 316 (1961)
• United States v. Sealy, Inc. · 388 U.S. 350 (1967)
• Brown Shoe Co. v. United States · 370 U.S. 294 (1962)
• United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · 351 U.S. 377 (1956)
• United States v. Topco Associates, Inc. · 405 U.S. 596 (1972)
• White Motor Co. v. United States · 372 U.S. 253 (1963)
• United States v. Penn-Olin Chemical Co. · 378 U.S. 158 (1964)
• United States v. Arnold, Schwinn & Co. · 388 U.S. 365 (1967)
• Pan American World Airways, Inc. v. United States · 371 U.S. 296 (1963)
• International Boxing Club of New York, Inc. v. United States · 358 U.S. 242 (1959)
• Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc. · 395 U.S. 100 (1969)
• Professional Real Estate Investors, Inc. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. · 508 U.S. 49 (1993)
• Times-Picayune Publishing Co. v. United States · 345 U.S. 594 (1953)
• National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma · 468 U.S. 85 (1984)
• Perma Life Mufflers, Inc. v. International Parts Corp. · 392 U.S. 134 (1968)
• Otter Tail Power Co. v. United States · 410 U.S. 366 (1973)
• Fortner Enterprises, Inc. v. United States Steel Corp. · 394 U.S. 495 (1969)
• Hughes Tool Co. v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · 409 U.S. 363 (1973)
• Vendo Co. v. Lektro-Vend Corp. · 433 U.S. 623 (1977)
• F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. v. Empagran S. A. · 542 U.S. 155 (2004)
• Pfizer Inc. v. Government of India · 434 U.S. 308 (1978)
• Citizen Publishing Co. v. United States · 394 U.S. 131 (1969)
• United States v. Citizens & Southern National Bank · 422 U.S. 86 (1975)
• Ford Motor Co. v. United States · 405 U.S. 562 (1972)

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