United States et al. v. City of Detroit

Decided March 3, 1958. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 26 · 355 U.S. 466 (1958) · Cited 312 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• United States v. County of Allegheny · 322 U.S. 174 (1944)
• Henneford v. Silas Mason Co. · 300 U.S. 577 (1937)
• Educational Films Corp. of America v. Ward · 282 U.S. 379 (1931)
• Curry v. United States · 314 U.S. 14 (1941)
• James v. Dravo Contracting Co. · 302 U.S. 134 (1937)
• Graves v. New York Ex Rel. O'Keefe · 306 U.S. 466 (1939)
• Alabama v. King & Boozer · 314 U.S. 1 (1941)
• MacAllen Co. v. Massachusetts · 279 U.S. 620 (1929)
• Pacific Co. v. Johnson · 285 U.S. 480 (1932)
• Metcalf & Eddy v. Mitchell · 269 U.S. 514 (1926)
• Carpenter v. Shaw · 280 U.S. 363 (1930)
• Helvering v. Gerhardt · 304 U.S. 405 (1938)
• Van Brocklin v. Tennessee · 117 U.S. 151 (1886)
• Penn Dairies, Inc. v. Milk Control Comm'n of Pa. · 318 U.S. 261 (1943)
• Helvering v. Mountain Producers Corp. · 303 U.S. 376 (1938)
• Plummer v. Coler · 178 U.S. 115 (1900)

Cited by

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

• United States v. County of Fresno · 429 U.S. 452 (1977)
• North Dakota v. United States · 495 U.S. 423 (1990)
• United States v. New Mexico · 455 U.S. 720 (1982)
• Montana v. United States · 440 U.S. 147 (1979)
• Davis v. Michigan Department of the Treasury · 489 U.S. 803 (1989)
• Mescalero Apache Tribe v. Jones · 411 U.S. 145 (1973)
• South Carolina v. Regan · 465 U.S. 367 (1984)
• South Carolina v. Baker · 485 U.S. 505 (1988)
• First Agricultural National Bank of Berkshire County v. State Tax Commission · 392 U.S. 339 (1968)
• White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker · 448 U.S. 136 (1980)
• Washington v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation · 447 U.S. 134 (1980)
• Minneapolis Star & Tribune Co. v. Minnesota Commissioner of Revenue · 460 U.S. 575 (1983)
• Phillips Chemical Co. v. Dumas Independent School District · 361 U.S. 376 (1960)
• United States v. Township of Muskegon · 355 U.S. 484 (1958)
• United States v. Boyd · 378 U.S. 39 (1964)
• Memphis Bank & Trust Co. v. Garner · 459 U.S. 392 (1983)

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