United States v. Parke, Davis & Co.

Decided February 29, 1960. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 20 · 362 U.S. 29 (1960) · Cited 561 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.

• United States v. Colgate & Co. · 250 U.S. 300 (1919)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Beech-Nut Packing Co. · 257 U.S. 441 (1922)
• United States v. Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. · 321 U.S. 707 (1944)
• United States v. A. Schrader's Son, Inc. · 252 U.S. 85 (1920)
• Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. United States · 306 U.S. 208 (1939)
• United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · 333 U.S. 364 (1948)
• United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 150 (1940)
• Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Supermarket Equipment Corp. · 340 U.S. 147 (1950)
• Times-Picayune Publishing Co. v. United States · 345 U.S. 594 (1953)
• United States v. Oregon State Medical Society · 343 U.S. 326 (1952)
• Kiefer-Stewart Co. v. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. · 340 U.S. 211 (1951)
• United States v. Yellow Cab Co. · 338 U.S. 338 (1949)
• United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · 353 U.S. 586 (1957)
• United States v. Masonite Corp. · 316 U.S. 265 (1942)
• United States v. McKesson & Robbins, Inc. · 351 U.S. 305 (1956)
• International Boxing Club of New York, Inc. v. United States · 358 U.S. 242 (1959)

Cited by

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

• Albrecht v. Herald Co. · 390 U.S. 145 (1968)
• United States v. General Motors Corp. · 384 U.S. 127 (1966)
• Business Electronics Corp. v. Sharp Electronics Corp. · 485 U.S. 717 (1988)
• Copperweld Corp. v. Independence Tube Corp. · 467 U.S. 752 (1984)
• Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc. · 551 U.S. 877 (2007)
• Monsanto Co. v. Spray-Rite Service Corp. · 465 U.S. 752 (1984)
• Perma Life Mufflers, Inc. v. International Parts Corp. · 392 U.S. 134 (1968)
• White Motor Co. v. United States · 372 U.S. 253 (1963)
• Simpson v. Union Oil Co. of Cal. · 377 U.S. 13 (1964)
• First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co. · 391 U.S. 253 (1968)
• Pullman-Standard v. Swint · 456 U.S. 273 (1982)
• Continental T. v. Inc. v. GTE Sylvania Inc. · 433 U.S. 36 (1977)
• California Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc. · 445 U.S. 97 (1980)
• Atlantic Richfield Co. v. USA Petroleum Co. · 495 U.S. 328 (1990)
• United States v. Arnold, Schwinn & Co. · 388 U.S. 365 (1967)
• White v. Massachusetts Council of Construction Employers, Inc. · 460 U.S. 204 (1983)
• United States v. Singer Manufacturing Co. · 374 U.S. 174 (1963)
• Fisher v. City of Berkeley · 475 U.S. 260 (1986)
• United States v. Sealy, Inc. · 388 U.S. 350 (1967)
• United States v. Citizens & Southern National Bank · 422 U.S. 86 (1975)
• American Federation of Musicians v. Carroll · 391 U.S. 99 (1968)

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