United States v. Itt Continental Baking Co.

Decided February 19, 1975. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 73-1290 · 420 U.S. 223 (1975) · Cited 781 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. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · 353 U.S. 586 (1957)
• United States v. Armour & Co. · 402 U.S. 673 (1971)
• Dandridge v. Williams · 397 U.S. 471 (1970)
• United States v. Swift & Co. · 286 U.S. 106 (1932)
• Langnes v. Green · 282 U.S. 531 (1931)
• Strunk v. United States · 412 U.S. 434 (1973)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Express Publishing Co. · 312 U.S. 426 (1941)
• United States & Interstate Commerce Commission v. American Railway Express Co. · 265 U.S. 425 (1924)
• Giaccio v. Pennsylvania · 382 U.S. 399 (1966)
• Jaffke v. Dunham · 352 U.S. 280 (1957)
• LeTulle v. Scofield · 308 U.S. 415 (1940)
• Morley Construction Co. v. Maryland Casualty Co. · 300 U.S. 185 (1937)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc. · 363 U.S. 536 (1960)
• Wells v. Simonds Abrasive Co. · 345 U.S. 514 (1953)
• United States v. International Harvester Co. · 274 U.S. 693 (1927)
• National Labor Relations Board v. International Van Lines · 409 U.S. 48 (1972)

Cited by

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

• Local Number 93, International Ass'n of Firefighters v. City of Cleveland · 478 U.S. 501 (1986)
• Martin v. Wilks · 490 U.S. 755 (1989)
• Firefighters Local Union No. 1784 v. Stotts · 467 U.S. 561 (1984)
• El Paso Natural Gas Co. v. Neztsosie · 526 U.S. 473 (1999)
• Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. County of Kent · 510 U.S. 355 (1994)

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