Supreme Court of the United States / October Term 1952

Unexcelled Chemical Corp. v. United States

Decided March 9, 1953. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 293 · 345 U.S. 59 (1953) · Cited 131 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

Majority · 9

William Orville Douglas · delivered the opinion of the Court
Felix Frankfurter
Frederick Moore Vinson
Harold Hitz Burton
Hugo Lafayette Black
Robert Houghwout Jackson
Sherman Minton
Stanley Forman Reed
Tom C. Clark

“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.

Endicott Johnson Corp. v. Perkins · 317 U.S. 501 (1943)
Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co. · 328 U.S. 680 (1946)
Far East Conference v. United States · 342 U.S. 570 (1952)
United States v. Morgan · 307 U.S. 183 (1939)
General American Tank Car Corp. v. El Dorado Terminal Co. · 308 U.S. 422 (1940)
Thompson v. Texas Mexican Railway Co. · 328 U.S. 134 (1946)

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Crown Coat Front Co. v. United States · 386 U.S. 503 (1967)
Rose v. Lundy · 455 U.S. 509 (1982)
Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca · 480 U.S. 421 (1987)
United States v. Concentrated Phosphate Export Assn., Inc. · 393 U.S. 199 (1968)
Universities Research Assn., Inc. v. Coutu · 450 U.S. 754 (1981)
BP America Production Co. Ex Rel. Amoco Production Co. v. Burton · 549 U.S. 84 (2006)

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