United States v. Scophony Corporation of America et al.
Decided April 26, 1948. Wiley Blount Rutledge delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 41 · 333 U.S. 795 (1948) · Cited 321 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 9–0.
Majority · 7
- Wiley Blount Rutledge · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Frank Murphy
- Frederick Moore Vinson
- Harold Hitz Burton
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- Stanley Forman Reed
- William Orville Douglas
Concurring · 2
- Felix Frankfurter · filed a concurring opinion
- Robert Houghwout Jackson
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.
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.
- Eastman Kodak Co. v. Southern Photo Materials Co. · 273 U.S. 359 (1927)
- International Shoe Co. v. Washington · 326 U.S. 310 (1945)
- People's Tobacco Co. v. American Tobacco Co. · 246 U.S. 79 (1918)
- International Harvester Co. of America v. Kentucky · 234 U.S. 579 (1914)
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. of Texas v. Alexander · 227 U.S. 218 (1913)
- Trustees of the Philadelphia Baptist Ass'n v. Hart's Executors · 17 U.S. 1 (1819)
- Boyd's Lessee v. Graves · 17 U.S. 513 (1819)
- Cannon Manufacturing Co. v. Cudahy Packing Co. · 267 U.S. 333 (1925)
- Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. v. McKibbin · 243 U.S. 264 (1917)
- Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. Spratley · 172 U.S. 602 (1899)
- Davis v. Mills · 194 U.S. 451 (1904)
- Puerto Rico v. Russell & Co. · 288 U.S. 476 (1933)
- Davis v. Farmers Co-Operative Equity Co. · 262 U.S. 312 (1923)
- Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual Fire Insurance v. Meyer · 197 U.S. 407 (1905)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- United States v. National City Lines, Inc. · 334 U.S. 573 (1948)
- Polizzi v. Cowles Magazines, Inc. · 345 U.S. 663 (1953)
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