United States v. 564.54 Acres of Land, More Or Less, Situated in Monroe and Pike Counties, Pennsylvania, et al.

Decided May 14, 1979. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 78-488 · 441 U.S. 506 (1979) · Cited 207 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

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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. Miller · 317 U.S. 369 (1943)
• United States v. Cors · 337 U.S. 325 (1949)
• Olson v. United States · 292 U.S. 246 (1934)
• United States v. Virginia Electric & Power Co. · 365 U.S. 624 (1961)
• Almota Farmers Elevator & Warehouse Co. v. United States · 409 U.S. 470 (1973)
• United States v. Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Navigation Co. · 338 U.S. 396 (1949)
• Monongahela Navigation Co. v. United States · 148 U.S. 312 (1893)
• United States Ex Rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. Powelson · 319 U.S. 266 (1943)
• Kimball Laundry Co. v. United States · 338 U.S. 1 (1949)
• United States v. Reynolds · 397 U.S. 14 (1970)
• United States v. Fuller · 409 U.S. 488 (1973)
• United States v. Commodities Trading Corp. · 339 U.S. 121 (1950)
• Brown v. United States · 263 U.S. 78 (1923)
• City of New York v. Sage · 239 U.S. 57 (1915)

Cited by

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

• United States v. 50 Acres of Land · 469 U.S. 24 (1984)
• Kirby Forest Industries, Inc. v. United States · 467 U.S. 1 (1984)
• United States v. Rodgers · 461 U.S. 677 (1983)
• Phillips v. Washington Legal Foundation · 524 U.S. 156 (1998)
• Suitum v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency · 520 U.S. 725 (1997)
• Brown v. Legal Foundation of Washington · 538 U.S. 216 (2003)

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