United States v. Dickinson

Decided June 16, 1947. Felix Frankfurter delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 77 · 331 U.S. 745 (1947) · Cited 505 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• Bauman v. Ross · 167 U.S. 548 (1897)
• United States v. Memphis Cotton Oil Co. · 288 U.S. 62 (1933)
• Davis v. Mills · 194 U.S. 451 (1904)
• Allen v. Trust Co. of Ga. · 326 U.S. 630 (1946)
• Portsmouth Harbor Land & Hotel Co. v. United States · 260 U.S. 327 (1922)
• United States v. Grizzard · 219 U.S. 180 (1911)
• Campbell v. United States · 266 U.S. 368 (1924)

Cited by

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

• San Diego Gas & Electric Co. v. City of San Diego · 450 U.S. 621 (1981)
• United States v. Dow · 357 U.S. 17 (1958)
• First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. County of Los Angeles · 482 U.S. 304 (1987)
• Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States · 568 U.S. 23 (2012)
• United States v. Clarke · 445 U.S. 253 (1980)
• Neil v. Biggers · 409 U.S. 188 (1972)
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · 431 U.S. 324 (1977)
• Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · 438 U.S. 104 (1978)
• Davis v. Passman · 442 U.S. 228 (1979)
• Estelle v. Williams · 425 U.S. 501 (1976)
• MacDonald, Sommer & Frates v. Yolo County · 477 U.S. 340 (1986)
• Kirby Forest Industries, Inc. v. United States · 467 U.S. 1 (1984)
• Vendo Co. v. Lektro-Vend Corp. · 433 U.S. 623 (1977)
• Crown Coat Front Co. v. United States · 386 U.S. 503 (1967)

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