United States v. Dow

Decided June 9, 1958. John Marshall Harlan delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 102 · 357 U.S. 17 (1958) · Cited 400 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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. Dickinson · 331 U.S. 745 (1947)
• United States v. Miller · 317 U.S. 369 (1943)
• Danforth v. United States · 308 U.S. 271 (1939)
• Catlin v. United States · 324 U.S. 229 (1945)
• United States v. General Motors Corp. · 323 U.S. 373 (1945)
• United States v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 338 U.S. 366 (1949)
• Kimball Laundry Co. v. United States · 338 U.S. 1 (1949)
• Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. United States · 261 U.S. 299 (1923)
• United States v. Petty Motor Co. · 327 U.S. 372 (1946)
• Cherokee Nation v. Southern Kansas Railway Co. · 135 U.S. 641 (1890)
• McKenzie v. Irving Trust Co. · 323 U.S. 365 (1945)
• Hurley v. Kincaid · 285 U.S. 95 (1932)
• Albert Hanson Lumber Co. v. United States · 261 U.S. 581 (1923)
• United States v. Shannon · 342 U.S. 288 (1952)

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• First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. County of Los Angeles · 482 U.S. 304 (1987)
• Knick v. Township of Scott · 588 U.S. 180 (2019)
• United States v. Clarke · 445 U.S. 253 (1980)
• Best v. Humboldt Placer Mining Co. · 371 U.S. 334 (1963)
• Regional Rail Reorganization Act Cases · 419 U.S. 102 (1974)
• Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency · 535 U.S. 302 (2002)
• Palazzolo v. Rhode Island · 533 U.S. 606 (2001)
• Kirby Forest Industries, Inc. v. United States · 467 U.S. 1 (1984)
• San Diego Gas & Electric Co. v. City of San Diego · 450 U.S. 621 (1981)
• Metropolitan Edison Co. v. People Against Nuclear Energy · 460 U.S. 766 (1983)

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