United States et al. v. United States Smelting Refining & Mining Co. et al.
Decided March 27, 1950. Sherman Minton delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 173 · 339 U.S. 186 (1950) · Cited 243 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 6–1.
Majority · 6
- Sherman Minton · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Felix Frankfurter
- Harold Hitz Burton
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- Stanley Forman Reed
- Tom C. Clark
Dissenting · 1
“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.
- Messenger v. Anderson · 225 U.S. 436 (1912)
- Ford Motor Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 305 U.S. 364 (1939)
- United States v. Wallace & Tiernan Co. · 336 U.S. 793 (1949)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Arizona v. California · 460 U.S. 605 (1983)
- Secretary of Agriculture v. United States · 347 U.S. 645 (1954)
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. J-T Transport Co. · 368 U.S. 81 (1961)
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