United States v. First City National Bank of Houston et al.
Decided March 27, 1967. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 914 · 386 U.S. 361 (1967) · Cited 234 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 8–0.
Majority · 8
- William Orville Douglas · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Abe Fortas
- Byron Raymond White
- Earl Warren
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- John Marshall Harlan
- Potter Stewart
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
“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. Diebold, Inc. · 369 U.S. 654 (1962)
- United States v. Philadelphia National Bank · 374 U.S. 321 (1963)
- United States v. El Paso Natural Gas Co. · 376 U.S. 651 (1964)
- Federal Trade Commission v. Morton Salt Co. · 334 U.S. 37 (1948)
- United States v. Radio Corp. of America · 358 U.S. 334 (1959)
- California v. Federal Power Commission · 369 U.S. 482 (1962)
Cited by
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- Meacham v. Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory · 554 U.S. 84 (2008)
- United States v. Raddatz · 447 U.S. 667 (1980)
- Chandler v. Judicial Council of the Tenth Circuit · 398 U.S. 74 (1970)
- United States v. Citizens & Southern National Bank · 422 U.S. 86 (1975)
- Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. v. Pfeifer · 462 U.S. 523 (1983)
- United States v. Marine Bancorporation, Inc. · 418 U.S. 602 (1974)
- Mills Music, Inc. v. Snyder · 469 U.S. 153 (1985)
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