United States v. McKesson & Robbins, Inc.

Decided June 11, 1956. Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 448 · 351 U.S. 305 (1956) · Cited 200 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“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. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 150 (1940)
• Schwegmann Bros. v. Calvert Distillers Corp. · 341 U.S. 384 (1951)
• United States v. Trenton Potteries Co. · 273 U.S. 392 (1927)
• Old Dearborn Distributing Co. v. Seagram-Distillers Corp. · 299 U.S. 183 (1936)
• United States v. Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. · 321 U.S. 707 (1944)
• Greenwood v. United States · 350 U.S. 366 (1956)
• United States v. Masonite Corp. · 316 U.S. 265 (1942)
• Ethyl Gasoline Corp. v. United States · 309 U.S. 436 (1940)

Cited by

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

• White Motor Co. v. United States · 372 U.S. 253 (1963)
• Group Life & Health Insurance v. Royal Drug Co. · 440 U.S. 205 (1979)
• Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conference, Inc. v. United States · 471 U.S. 48 (1985)
• United States v. National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. · 422 U.S. 694 (1975)
• Hospital Building Co. v. Trustees of Rex Hospital · 425 U.S. 738 (1976)
• Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar · 421 U.S. 773 (1975)
• National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma · 468 U.S. 85 (1984)
• Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. · 441 U.S. 1 (1979)
• United States v. Parke, Davis & Co. · 362 U.S. 29 (1960)
• Union Labor Life Insurance v. Pireno · 458 U.S. 119 (1982)
• Albrecht v. Herald Co. · 390 U.S. 145 (1968)
• Federal Maritime Commission v. Seatrain Lines, Inc. · 411 U.S. 726 (1973)
• Abbott Laboratories v. Portland Retail Druggists Assn., Inc. · 425 U.S. 1 (1976)

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