United States v. Munsingwear, Inc.

Decided November 13, 1950. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 23 · 340 U.S. 36 (1950) · Cited 2,057 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

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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.

• Commissioner v. Sunnen · 333 U.S. 591 (1948)
• Cromwell v. County of Sac · 94 U.S. 351 (1877)
• United States v. Alaska Steamship Co. · 253 U.S. 113 (1920)
• United States v. Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien Gesellschaft · 239 U.S. 466 (1916)
• Duke Power Co. v. Greenwood County · 299 U.S. 259 (1936)
• Brownlow v. Schwartz · 261 U.S. 216 (1923)
• Walling v. James v. Reuter, Inc. · 321 U.S. 671 (1944)

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• Alvarez v. Smith · 558 U.S. 87 (2009)
• Asarco Inc. v. Kadish · 490 U.S. 605 (1989)
• Firefighters Local Union No. 1784 v. Stotts · 467 U.S. 561 (1984)
• Great Western Sugar Co. v. Nelson · 442 U.S. 92 (1979)
• Azar v. Garza · 584 U.S. 726 (2018)
• New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. City of New York · 590 U.S. 336 (2020)
• Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona · 520 U.S. 43 (1997)
• Honig v. Doe · 484 U.S. 305 (1988)
• County of Los Angeles v. Davis · 440 U.S. 625 (1979)
• Preiser v. Newkirk · 422 U.S. 395 (1975)
• Deakins v. Monaghan · 484 U.S. 193 (1988)
• Bank of Marin v. England · 385 U.S. 99 (1966)
• Webster v. Reproductive Health Services · 492 U.S. 490 (1989)
• Kremens v. Bartley · 431 U.S. 119 (1977)
• Karcher v. May · 484 U.S. 72 (1987)
• A. L. Mechling Barge Lines, Inc. v. United States · 368 U.S. 324 (1961)
• Roe v. Wade · 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• United States v. Sharpe · 470 U.S. 675 (1985)
• Steffel v. Thompson · 415 U.S. 452 (1974)
• Federated Department Stores, Inc. v. Moitie · 452 U.S. 394 (1981)
• Lewis v. Continental Bank Corp. · 494 U.S. 472 (1990)
• Vitek v. Jones · 445 U.S. 480 (1980)
• Weinstein v. Bradford · 423 U.S. 147 (1975)
• Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co. · 428 U.S. 1 (1976)
• O'Connor v. Donaldson · 422 U.S. 563 (1975)
• DeFunis v. Odegaard · 416 U.S. 312 (1974)
• Northeastern Florida Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America v. City of Jacksonville · 508 U.S. 656 (1993)
• City of Mesquite v. Aladdin's Castle, Inc. · 455 U.S. 283 (1982)

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