United States v. Philadelphia National Bank et al.

Decided June 17, 1963. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 83 · 374 U.S. 321 (1963) · Cited 982 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–2.

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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. Columbia Steel Co. · 334 U.S. 495 (1948)
• California v. Federal Power Commission · 369 U.S. 482 (1962)
• Brown Shoe Co. v. United States · 370 U.S. 294 (1962)
• Retail Clerks International Ass'n, Local 1625 v. Schermerhorn · 373 U.S. 746 (1963)
• Standard Oil Co. of California v. United States · 337 U.S. 293 (1949)
• United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · 353 U.S. 586 (1957)
• Pan American World Airways, Inc. v. United States · 371 U.S. 296 (1963)
• Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United States · 356 U.S. 1 (1958)
• United States v. Western Pacific Railroad · 352 U.S. 59 (1956)
• United States v. Borden Co. · 308 U.S. 188 (1939)
• United States Alkali Export Ass'n v. United States · 325 U.S. 196 (1945)
• Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Assn., Inc. v. United States · 362 U.S. 458 (1960)
• United States v. United Mine Workers of America · 330 U.S. 258 (1947)
• United States v. W. T. Grant Co. · 345 U.S. 629 (1953)
• United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 150 (1940)
• Poe v. Ullman · 367 U.S. 497 (1961)
• United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Assn. · 322 U.S. 533 (1944)
• United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Assn. · 166 U.S. 290 (1897)
• Far East Conference v. United States · 342 U.S. 570 (1952)
• Rescue Army v. Municipal Court of Los Angeles · 331 U.S. 549 (1947)
• Keogh v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. · 260 U.S. 156 (1922)
• Tampa Electric Co. v. Nashville Coal Co. · 365 U.S. 320 (1961)
• Silver v. New York Stock Exchange · 373 U.S. 341 (1963)
• United States v. Price · 361 U.S. 304 (1960)
• Kiefer-Stewart Co. v. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. · 340 U.S. 211 (1951)
• Great Northern Railway Co. v. Merchants Elevator Co. · 259 U.S. 285 (1922)
• Georgia v. Pennsylvania Railroad · 324 U.S. 439 (1945)
• United States v. Yellow Cab Co. · 332 U.S. 218 (1947)
• Allen Bradley Co. v. Local Union No. 3, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers · 325 U.S. 797 (1945)
• Overstreet v. North Shore Corp. · 318 U.S. 125 (1943)

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• United States v. Marine Bancorporation, Inc. · 418 U.S. 602 (1974)
• United States v. Von's Grocery Co. · 384 U.S. 270 (1966)
• United States v. General Dynamics Corp. · 415 U.S. 486 (1974)
• United States v. Citizens & Southern National Bank · 422 U.S. 86 (1975)
• United States v. National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. · 422 U.S. 694 (1975)
• Ricci v. Chicago Mercantile Exchange · 409 U.S. 289 (1973)
• United States v. Continental Can Co. · 378 U.S. 441 (1964)
• United States v. Pabst Brewing Co. · 384 U.S. 546 (1966)
• United States v. Falstaff Brewing Corp. · 410 U.S. 526 (1973)
• United States v. Grinnell Corp. · 384 U.S. 563 (1966)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Procter & Gamble Co. · 386 U.S. 568 (1967)
• United States v. Aluminum Co. of America · 377 U.S. 271 (1964)
• Ford Motor Co. v. United States · 405 U.S. 562 (1972)
• Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. American Train Dispatchers' Ass'n · 499 U.S. 117 (1991)
• United States v. Penn-Olin Chemical Co. · 378 U.S. 158 (1964)
• United States v. Gaubert · 499 U.S. 315 (1991)
• Watters v. Wachovia Bank, N. A. · 550 U.S. 1 (2007)
• Otter Tail Power Co. v. United States · 410 U.S. 366 (1973)
• United States v. El Paso Natural Gas Co. · 376 U.S. 651 (1964)
• Hughes Tool Co. v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · 409 U.S. 363 (1973)
• Cantor v. Detroit Edison Co. · 428 U.S. 579 (1976)
• Gordon v. New York Stock Exchange, Inc. · 422 U.S. 659 (1975)
• City of Lafayette v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. · 435 U.S. 389 (1978)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Dean Foods Co. · 384 U.S. 597 (1966)
• Square D Co. v. Niagara Frontier Tariff Bureau, Inc. · 476 U.S. 409 (1986)
• Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conference, Inc. v. United States · 471 U.S. 48 (1985)
• Carnation Co. v. Pacific Westbound Conference · 383 U.S. 213 (1966)
• Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc. · 473 U.S. 614 (1985)
• Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc. · 447 U.S. 102 (1980)
• Brunswick Corp. v. Pueblo Bowl-O-Mat, Inc. · 429 U.S. 477 (1977)

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