United States v. Loew'S Incorporated et al.

Decided November 5, 1962. Arthur Joseph Goldberg delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 42 · 371 U.S. 38 (1962) · Cited 303 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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. Paramount Pictures, Inc. · 334 U.S. 131 (1948)
• International Salt Co. v. United States · 332 U.S. 392 (1947)
• Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United States · 356 U.S. 1 (1958)
• Times-Picayune Publishing Co. v. United States · 345 U.S. 594 (1953)
• Standard Oil Co. of California v. United States · 337 U.S. 293 (1949)
• Ethyl Gasoline Corp. v. United States · 309 U.S. 436 (1940)
• United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · 340 U.S. 76 (1950)
• United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · 351 U.S. 377 (1956)
• Mercoid Corp. v. Mid-Continent Investment Co. · 320 U.S. 661 (1944)
• Morton Salt Co. v. G. S. Suppiger Co. · 314 U.S. 488 (1942)
• Motion Picture Patents Co. v. Universal Film Manufacturing Co. · 243 U.S. 502 (1917)
• United States v. Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. · 321 U.S. 707 (1944)
• Carbice Corp. of America v. American Patents Development Corp. · 283 U.S. 27 (1931)
• Hartford-Empire Co. v. United States · 323 U.S. 386 (1945)
• Fox Film Corp. v. Doyal · 286 U.S. 123 (1932)
• Leitch Manufacturing Co. v. Barber Co. · 302 U.S. 458 (1938)

Cited by

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• Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Independent Ink, Inc. · 547 U.S. 28 (2006)
• Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2 v. Hyde · 466 U.S. 2 (1984)
• Fortner Enterprises, Inc. v. United States Steel Corp. · 394 U.S. 495 (1969)
• Atlantic Refining Co. v. Federal Trade Commission · 381 U.S. 357 (1965)
• United States Steel Corp. v. Fortner Enterprises, Inc. · 429 U.S. 610 (1977)
• United States v. Grinnell Corp. · 384 U.S. 563 (1966)
• Hanover Shoe, Inc. v. United Shoe MacHinery Corp. · 392 U.S. 481 (1968)
• Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. · 441 U.S. 1 (1979)
• Aro Manufacturing Co. v. Convertible Top Replacement Co. · 377 U.S. 476 (1964)
• California Dental Ass'n v. Federal Trade Commission · 526 U.S. 756 (1999)
• Dawson Chemical Co. v. Rohm & Haas Co. · 448 U.S. 176 (1980)

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