United States v. Enmons et al.

Decided February 22, 1973. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 71-1193 · 410 U.S. 396 (1973) · Cited 381 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• United States v. Green · 350 U.S. 415 (1956)
• Garner v. Teamsters, Chauffeurs & Helpers Local Union No. 776 · 346 U.S. 485 (1953)
• San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon · 359 U.S. 236 (1959)
• United States v. Jorn · 400 U.S. 470 (1971)
• United States v. Bass · 404 U.S. 336 (1971)
• Bell v. United States · 349 U.S. 81 (1955)
• United States v. Wiltberger · 18 U.S. 76 (1820)
• Rewis v. United States · 401 U.S. 808 (1971)
• A. B. Kirschbaum Co. v. Walling · 316 U.S. 517 (1942)
• Callanan v. United States · 364 U.S. 587 (1961)
• United Construction Workers v. Laburnum Construction Corp. · 347 U.S. 656 (1954)
• Addison v. Holly Hill Fruit Products, Inc. · 322 U.S. 607 (1944)
• International Union, U. A. W. A., A. F. of L., Local 232 v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board · 336 U.S. 245 (1949)
• Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. May · 194 U.S. 267 (1904)
• Arroyo v. United States · 359 U.S. 419 (1959)

Cited by

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

• Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, Inc. · 537 U.S. 393 (2003)
• McDonnell v. United States · 579 U.S. 550 (2016)
• United States v. Culbert · 435 U.S. 371 (1978)
• Sekhar v. United States · 570 U.S. 729 (2013)
• United States v. Lopez · 514 U.S. 549 (1995)
• Williams v. United States · 458 U.S. 279 (1982)
• McCormick v. United States · 500 U.S. 257 (1991)
• Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, Inc. · 547 U.S. 9 (2006)

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