United States v. Commodities Trading Corp. et al.
Decided March 27, 1950. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 156 · 339 U.S. 121 (1950) · Cited 183 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 6–2.
Majority · 6
- Hugo Lafayette Black · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Harold Hitz Burton
- Sherman Minton
- Stanley Forman Reed
- Tom C. Clark
- William Orville Douglas
Dissenting · 2
- Felix Frankfurter · filed a dissenting opinion
- Robert Houghwout Jackson · filed a dissenting opinion
“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.
- Bowles v. Willingham · 321 U.S. 503 (1944)
- Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon · 260 U.S. 393 (1922)
- United States v. Miller · 317 U.S. 369 (1943)
- Olson v. United States · 292 U.S. 246 (1934)
- Monongahela Navigation Co. v. United States · 148 U.S. 312 (1893)
- Jackman v. Rosenbaum Co. · 260 U.S. 22 (1922)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- United States v. Virginia Electric & Power Co. · 365 U.S. 624 (1961)
- United States v. 50 Acres of Land · 469 U.S. 24 (1984)
- Reid v. Covert · 354 U.S. 1 (1957)
- Kirby Forest Industries, Inc. v. United States · 467 U.S. 1 (1984)
- Brown v. Legal Foundation of Washington · 538 U.S. 216 (2003)
- Almota Farmers Elevator & Warehouse Co. v. United States · 409 U.S. 470 (1973)
- United States v. 564.54 Acres of Monroe and Pike County Land · 441 U.S. 506 (1979)
- United States v. Fuller · 409 U.S. 488 (1973)
- United States v. Pewee Coal Co. · 341 U.S. 114 (1951)
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