United States v. Gerlach Live Stock Co.

Decided June 5, 1950. Robert Houghwout Jackson delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 4 · 339 U.S. 725 (1950) · Cited 211 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. Commodore Park, Inc. · 324 U.S. 386 (1945)
• United States v. Appalachian Electric Power Co. · 311 U.S. 377 (1941)
• United States v. Willow River Power Co. · 324 U.S. 499 (1945)
• Silas Mason Co. v. Tax Commission of Washington · 302 U.S. 186 (1937)
• United States v. Thayer-West Point Hotel Co. · 329 U.S. 585 (1947)
• Nebraska v. Wyoming · 325 U.S. 589 (1945)
• California Oregon Power Co. v. Beaver Portland Cement Co. · 295 U.S. 142 (1935)
• United States v. American Trucking Associations · 310 U.S. 534 (1940)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Hearst Publications, Inc. · 322 U.S. 111 (1944)
• United States v. Butler · 297 U.S. 1 (1936)
• Shively v. Bowlby · 152 U.S. 1 (1894)
• Helvering v. Davis · 301 U.S. 619 (1937)
• United States v. Chandler-Dunbar Water Power Co. · 229 U.S. 53 (1913)
• Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. United States · 261 U.S. 299 (1923)
• Fidelity Union Trust Co. v. Field · 311 U.S. 169 (1941)
• King v. Order of United Commercial Travelers of America · 333 U.S. 153 (1948)
• United States v. Rio Grande Dam & Irrigation Co. · 174 U.S. 690 (1899)
• Mitchell v. United States · 267 U.S. 341 (1925)
• Gibson v. United States · 166 U.S. 269 (1897)
• United States v. River Rouge Improvement Co. · 269 U.S. 411 (1926)
• United States v. Realty Co. · 163 U.S. 427 (1896)
• Oklahoma Ex Rel. Phillips v. Guy F. Atkinson Co. · 313 U.S. 508 (1941)
• Broder v. Water Co. · 101 U.S. 274 (1879)
• Tillson v. United States · 100 U.S. 43 (1879)

Cited by

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

• California v. United States · 438 U.S. 645 (1978)
• Ivanhoe Irrigation District v. McCracken · 357 U.S. 275 (1958)
• Dugan v. Rank · 372 U.S. 609 (1963)
• Jean v. Nelson · 472 U.S. 846 (1985)
• Arizona v. California · 373 U.S. 546 (1963)
• Salyer Land Co. v. Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District · 410 U.S. 719 (1973)
• Cappaert v. United States · 426 U.S. 128 (1976)
• United States v. Fuller · 409 U.S. 488 (1973)
• United States v. Twin City Power Co. · 350 U.S. 222 (1956)
• Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States · 348 U.S. 272 (1955)
• Federal Power Commission v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. · 347 U.S. 239 (1954)
• Orff v. United States · 545 U.S. 596 (2005)

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