United States v. Fleischman
Decided May 8, 1950. Frederick Moore Vinson delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 98 · 339 U.S. 349 (1950) · Cited 150 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–2.
Majority · 5
- Frederick Moore Vinson · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Harold Hitz Burton
- Robert Houghwout Jackson
- Sherman Minton
- Stanley Forman Reed
Dissenting · 2
- Felix Frankfurter · filed a dissenting opinion
- Hugo Lafayette Black · 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.
- Wilson v. United States · 221 U.S. 361 (1911)
- Tot v. United States · 319 U.S. 463 (1943)
- United States v. White · 322 U.S. 694 (1944)
- Morrison v. California · 291 U.S. 82 (1934)
- Bollenbach v. United States · 326 U.S. 607 (1946)
- Cole v. Arkansas · 333 U.S. 196 (1948)
- McBoyle v. United States · 283 U.S. 25 (1931)
- United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America v. United States · 330 U.S. 395 (1947)
- McGrain v. Daugherty · 273 U.S. 135 (1927)
- Yee Hem v. United States · 268 U.S. 178 (1925)
- Michaelson v. United States Ex Rel. Chicago, St. P., M. & OR Co. · 266 U.S. 42 (1924)
- Roschen v. Ward · 279 U.S. 337 (1929)
- Brown v. United States · 276 U.S. 134 (1928)
- Terminal Railroad Ass'n v. United States · 266 U.S. 17 (1924)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- McPhaul v. United States · 364 U.S. 372 (1960)
- United States v. Rylander · 460 U.S. 752 (1983)
- Russell v. United States · 369 U.S. 749 (1962)
- Rogers v. United States · 340 U.S. 367 (1951)
- Hannah v. Larche · 363 U.S. 420 (1960)
- Bellis v. United States · 417 U.S. 85 (1974)
- Curcio v. United States · 354 U.S. 118 (1957)
- Barsky v. Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York · 347 U.S. 442 (1954)
- Nilva v. United States · 352 U.S. 385 (1957)
- Yellin v. United States · 374 U.S. 109 (1963)
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