United States v. Petrillo

Decided June 23, 1947. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 954 · 332 U.S. 1 (1947) · Cited 896 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–3.

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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.

• Connally v. General Construction Co. · 269 U.S. 385 (1926)
• United States v. Borden Co. · 308 U.S. 188 (1939)
• Rescue Army v. Municipal Court of Los Angeles · 331 U.S. 549 (1947)
• Borden's Farm Products Co. v. Baldwin · 293 U.S. 194 (1934)
• United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 150 (1940)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. · 301 U.S. 1 (1937)
• Screws v. United States · 325 U.S. 91 (1945)
• Lanzetta v. New Jersey · 306 U.S. 451 (1939)
• Nash v. United States · 229 U.S. 373 (1913)
• Steward MacHine Co. v. Davis · 301 U.S. 548 (1937)
• Watson v. Buck · 313 U.S. 387 (1941)
• Husty v. United States · 282 U.S. 694 (1931)
• Cline v. Frink Dairy Co. · 274 U.S. 445 (1927)
• Robinson v. United States · 324 U.S. 282 (1945)
• United States v. Ragen · 314 U.S. 513 (1942)
• Dunbar v. United States · 156 U.S. 185 (1895)
• Gorin v. United States · 312 U.S. 19 (1941)
• United States v. Thompson · 251 U.S. 407 (1920)
• Bartell v. United States · 227 U.S. 427 (1913)
• Pollock v. Williams · 322 U.S. 4 (1944)

Cited by

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

• United States v. Harriss · 347 U.S. 612 (1954)
• Johnson v. United States · 576 U.S. 591 (2015)
• Roth v. United States · 354 U.S. 476 (1957)
• Miller v. California · 413 U.S. 15 (1973)
• Hamling v. United States · 418 U.S. 87 (1974)
• Jordan v. De George · 341 U.S. 223 (1951)
• Boyce Motor Lines, Inc. v. United States · 342 U.S. 337 (1952)
• Kunz v. New York · 340 U.S. 290 (1951)
• Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. City of Dallas · 390 U.S. 676 (1968)
• Kolender v. Lawson · 461 U.S. 352 (1983)
• Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath · 341 U.S. 123 (1951)
• Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville · 405 U.S. 156 (1972)
• Parker v. Levy · 417 U.S. 733 (1974)
• Russell v. United States · 369 U.S. 749 (1962)
• Flemming v. Nestor · 363 U.S. 603 (1960)
• Winters v. New York · 333 U.S. 507 (1948)
• Dennis v. United States · 341 U.S. 494 (1951)
• United States v. National Dairy Products Corp. · 372 U.S. 29 (1963)
• United States v. Powell · 423 U.S. 87 (1975)
• Scales v. United States · 367 U.S. 203 (1961)
• Brown v. Louisiana · 383 U.S. 131 (1966)
• United States v. Kozminski · 487 U.S. 931 (1988)
• United States v. Knox · 396 U.S. 77 (1969)
• United States v. Vuitch · 402 U.S. 62 (1971)
• United States v. International Union United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers · 352 U.S. 567 (1957)
• United States v. Fruehauf · 365 U.S. 146 (1961)
• United States v. Standard Oil Co. · 384 U.S. 224 (1966)
• Rosenberg v. United States · 346 U.S. 273 (1953)

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