United States v. Columbia Steel Co. et al.

Decided June 7, 1948. Stanley Forman Reed delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 461 · 334 U.S. 495 (1948) · Cited 318 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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. Yellow Cab Co. · 332 U.S. 218 (1947)
• United States v. Reading Co. · 253 U.S. 26 (1920)
• United States v. Griffith · 334 U.S. 100 (1948)
• United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 150 (1940)
• American Tobacco Co. v. United States · 328 U.S. 781 (1946)
• United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. · 334 U.S. 131 (1948)
• International Salt Co. v. United States · 332 U.S. 392 (1947)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Curtis Publishing Co. · 260 U.S. 568 (1923)
• Associated Press v. United States · 326 U.S. 1 (1945)
• Fashion Originators' Guild of America, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission · 312 U.S. 457 (1941)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Morton Salt Co. · 334 U.S. 37 (1948)
• United States v. Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. · 321 U.S. 707 (1944)
• Schine Chain Theatres, Inc. v. United States · 334 U.S. 110 (1948)
• International Shoe Co. v. Federal Trade Commission · 280 U.S. 291 (1930)
• United States v. United Shoe Machinery Co. of New Jersey · 247 U.S. 32 (1917)
• United States v. International Harvester Co. · 274 U.S. 693 (1927)

Cited by

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

• United States v. Philadelphia National Bank · 374 U.S. 321 (1963)
• United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · 351 U.S. 377 (1956)
• Times-Picayune Publishing Co. v. United States · 345 U.S. 594 (1953)
• Brown Shoe Co. v. United States · 370 U.S. 294 (1962)
• Associated General Contractors of California, Inc. v. California State Council of Carpenters · 459 U.S. 519 (1983)
• Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. · 368 U.S. 464 (1962)
• United States v. W. T. Grant Co. · 345 U.S. 629 (1953)
• Copperweld Corp. v. Independence Tube Corp. · 467 U.S. 752 (1984)
• Lawlor v. National Screen Service Corp. · 349 U.S. 322 (1955)
• Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2 v. Hyde · 466 U.S. 2 (1984)
• Tampa Electric Co. v. Nashville Coal Co. · 365 U.S. 320 (1961)
• Arizona v. Maricopa County Medical Society · 457 U.S. 332 (1982)
• Standard Oil Co. of California v. United States · 337 U.S. 293 (1949)
• United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · 353 U.S. 586 (1957)
• Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Independent Ink, Inc. · 547 U.S. 28 (2006)
• International Boxing Club of New York, Inc. v. United States · 358 U.S. 242 (1959)
• Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Assn., Inc. v. United States · 362 U.S. 458 (1960)
• Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. New Jersey Wood Finishing Co. · 381 U.S. 311 (1965)

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