United States v. Brown
Decided February 2, 1948. Wiley Blount Rutledge delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 100 · 333 U.S. 18 (1948) · Cited 310 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 7–2.
Majority · 7
- Wiley Blount Rutledge · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Felix Frankfurter
- Frank Murphy
- Frederick Moore Vinson
- Harold Hitz Burton
- Robert Houghwout Jackson
- Stanley Forman Reed
Dissenting · 2
“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.
- Gooch v. United States · 297 U.S. 124 (1936)
- United States v. Raynor · 302 U.S. 540 (1938)
Cited by
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- Barnhart v. Sigmon Coal Co. · 534 U.S. 438 (2002)
- United States v. Turkette · 452 U.S. 576 (1981)
- United States v. Batchelder · 442 U.S. 114 (1979)
- Public Citizen v. United States Department of Justice · 491 U.S. 440 (1989)
- Marek v. Chesny · 473 U.S. 1 (1985)
- Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Abramson · 456 U.S. 615 (1982)
- Bifulco v. United States · 447 U.S. 381 (1980)
- United States v. Albertini · 472 U.S. 675 (1985)
- Evans v. Jeff D. Ex Rel. Johnson · 475 U.S. 717 (1986)
- Williams v. United States · 458 U.S. 279 (1982)
- United States v. Moore · 423 U.S. 122 (1975)
- United States v. Evans · 333 U.S. 483 (1948)
- United States v. RLC · 503 U.S. 291 (1992)
- Dixson v. United States · 465 U.S. 482 (1984)
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