United States v. Price

Decided January 18, 1960. John Marshall Harlan delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 48 · 361 U.S. 304 (1960) · Cited 552 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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. United Mine Workers of America · 330 U.S. 258 (1947)
• Old Colony Trust Co. v. Commissioner · 279 U.S. 716 (1929)

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• Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc. · 505 U.S. 504 (1992)
• MacKey v. Lanier Collection Agency & Service, Inc. · 486 U.S. 825 (1988)
• Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Bruch · 489 U.S. 101 (1989)
• Russello v. United States · 464 U.S. 16 (1983)
• Jones v. United States · 526 U.S. 227 (1999)
• Jett v. Dallas Independent School District · 491 U.S. 701 (1989)
• Food & Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. · 529 U.S. 120 (2000)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
• Varity Corp. v. Howe · 516 U.S. 489 (1996)
• Wright v. West · 505 U.S. 277 (1992)
• United States v. Philadelphia National Bank · 374 U.S. 321 (1963)
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. LTV Corp. · 496 U.S. 633 (1990)
• California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement v. Dillingham Construction, N. A. · 519 U.S. 316 (1997)
• Haynes v. United States · 390 U.S. 85 (1968)
• United States v. Monsanto · 491 U.S. 600 (1989)
• United States v. Southwestern Cable Co. · 392 U.S. 157 (1968)
• Diamond v. Chakrabarty · 447 U.S. 303 (1980)
• United States v. Texas · 507 U.S. 529 (1993)
• Communications Workers of America v. Beck · 487 U.S. 735 (1988)
• Compucredit Corp. v. Greenwood · 565 U.S. 95 (2012)
• South Carolina v. Regan · 465 U.S. 367 (1984)
• United States v. Wise · 370 U.S. 405 (1962)
• Reno v. Bossier Parish School Board · 520 U.S. 471 (1997)
• O'Gilvie v. United States · 519 U.S. 79 (1996)
• United States v. American-Foreign Steamship Corp. · 363 U.S. 685 (1960)
• Andrus v. Shell Oil Co. · 446 U.S. 657 (1980)
• United States v. American College of Physicians · 475 U.S. 834 (1986)

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