United States v. National Dairy Products Corp. et al.

Decided February 18, 1963. Tom C. Clark delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 18 · 372 U.S. 29 (1963) · Cited 902 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• Screws v. United States · 325 U.S. 91 (1945)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88 (1940)
• United States v. Harriss · 347 U.S. 612 (1954)
• Crowell v. Benson · 285 U.S. 22 (1932)
• Lanzetta v. New Jersey · 306 U.S. 451 (1939)
• United States v. Raines · 362 U.S. 17 (1960)
• Jordan v. De George · 341 U.S. 223 (1951)
• United States v. Petrillo · 332 U.S. 1 (1947)
• Boyce Motor Lines, Inc. v. United States · 342 U.S. 337 (1952)
• United States v. Rumely · 345 U.S. 41 (1953)
• Cline v. Frink Dairy Co. · 274 U.S. 445 (1927)
• Robinson v. United States · 324 U.S. 282 (1945)
• A. B. Small Co. v. American Sugar Refining Co. · 267 U.S. 233 (1925)
• United States v. Wise · 370 U.S. 405 (1962)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc. · 363 U.S. 536 (1960)
• United States v. Cardiff · 344 U.S. 174 (1952)
• Automatic Canteen Co. of America v. Federal Trade Commission · 346 U.S. 61 (1953)
• Moore v. Mead's Fine Bread Co. · 348 U.S. 115 (1954)

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• Johnson v. United States · 576 U.S. 591 (2015)
• Smith v. Goguen · 415 U.S. 566 (1974)
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma · 413 U.S. 601 (1973)
• Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc. · 455 U.S. 489 (1982)
• Coates v. City of Cincinnati · 402 U.S. 611 (1971)
• United States v. Mazurie · 419 U.S. 544 (1975)
• Cox v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 559 (1965)
• Aptheker v. Secretary of State · 378 U.S. 500 (1964)
• Shapiro v. Thompson · 394 U.S. 618 (1969)
• Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville · 405 U.S. 156 (1972)
• Parker v. Levy · 417 U.S. 733 (1974)
• City of Chicago v. Morales · 527 U.S. 41 (1999)
• Maynard v. Cartwright · 486 U.S. 356 (1988)
• Berger v. New York · 388 U.S. 41 (1967)
• McGautha v. California · 402 U.S. 183 (1971)
• Boumediene v. Bush · 553 U.S. 723 (2008)
• Lindsey v. Normet · 405 U.S. 56 (1972)
• Morrison v. Olson · 487 U.S. 654 (1988)
• Brooke Group Ltd. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. · 509 U.S. 209 (1993)
• Gentile v. State Bar of Nev. · 501 U.S. 1030 (1991)
• Rose v. Locke · 423 U.S. 48 (1975)
• H. L. v. Matheson · 450 U.S. 398 (1981)
• United States v. Vuitch · 402 U.S. 62 (1971)
• Law Students Civil Rights Research Council, Inc. v. Wadmond · 401 U.S. 154 (1971)
• Wright v. Georgia · 373 U.S. 284 (1963)

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