United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America v. United States

Decided March 10, 1947. Stanley Forman Reed delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 6 · 330 U.S. 395 (1947) · Cited 463 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–3.

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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.

• United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 150 (1940)
• United States v. Atkinson · 297 U.S. 157 (1936)
• Sibbach v. Wilson & Co. · 312 U.S. 1 (1941)
• Sparf v. United States · 156 U.S. 51 (1895)
• Montgomery Ward & Co. v. Duncan · 311 U.S. 243 (1940)
• Apex Hosiery Co. v. Leader · 310 U.S. 469 (1940)
• Ashcraft v. Tennessee · 322 U.S. 143 (1944)
• United States v. Hutcheson · 312 U.S. 219 (1941)
• Brasfield v. United States · 272 U.S. 448 (1926)
• United Mine Workers v. Coronado Coal Co. · 259 U.S. 344 (1922)
• Husty v. United States · 282 U.S. 694 (1931)
• Allen Bradley Co. v. Local Union No. 3, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers · 325 U.S. 797 (1945)
• Bruno v. United States · 308 U.S. 287 (1939)
• Mahler v. Eby · 264 U.S. 32 (1924)
• Weiler v. United States · 323 U.S. 606 (1945)
• Loewe v. Lawlor · 208 U.S. 274 (1908)
• Woolford Realty Co. v. Rose · 286 U.S. 319 (1932)
• Hudson v. United States · 272 U.S. 451 (1926)
• Kessler v. Strecker · 307 U.S. 22 (1939)
• United States v. Norris · 281 U.S. 619 (1930)

Cited by

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

• Connecticut v. Johnson · 460 U.S. 73 (1983)
• Sandstrom v. Montana · 442 U.S. 510 (1979)
• United Mine Workers v. Pennington · 381 U.S. 657 (1965)
• Neely v. Martin K. Eby Construction Co., Inc. · 386 U.S. 317 (1967)
• Ramsey v. United Mine Workers · 401 U.S. 302 (1971)
• United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · 383 U.S. 715 (1966)
• Jackson v. Virginia · 443 U.S. 307 (1979)
• Arizona v. Fulminante · 499 U.S. 279 (1991)
• Neder v. United States · 527 U.S. 1 (1999)
• Sullivan v. Louisiana · 508 U.S. 275 (1993)
• Washington v. Davis · 426 U.S. 229 (1976)
• Rose v. Clark · 478 U.S. 570 (1986)
• United States v. Martin Linen Supply Co. · 430 U.S. 564 (1977)
• Giordenello v. United States · 357 U.S. 480 (1958)
• Lawn v. United States · 355 U.S. 339 (1958)
• Piper v. Chris-Craft Industries, Inc. · 430 U.S. 1 (1977)
• Carella v. California · 491 U.S. 263 (1989)
• Pope v. Illinois · 481 U.S. 497 (1987)
• Rogers v. United States · 422 U.S. 35 (1975)
• Mayor of Philadelphia v. Educational Equality League · 415 U.S. 605 (1974)
• Local Union No. 189, Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen v. Jewel Tea Co. · 381 U.S. 676 (1965)
• Commissioner v. Estate of Church · 335 U.S. 632 (1949)
• McCormick v. United States · 500 U.S. 257 (1991)
• Silber v. United States · 370 U.S. 717 (1962)
• Brown v. Socialist Workers '74 Campaign Comm. (Ohio) · 459 U.S. 87 (1982)
• United States v. Fleischman · 339 U.S. 349 (1950)
• Youakim v. Miller · 425 U.S. 231 (1976)

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