United States v. United Mine Workers of America

Decided March 6, 1947. Frederick Moore Vinson delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 759 · 330 U.S. 258 (1947) · Cited 2,872 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• In Re Sawyer · 124 U.S. 200 (1888)
• Ex Parte FISK · 113 U.S. 713 (1885)
• Nye v. United States · 313 U.S. 33 (1941)
• Cooke v. United States · 267 U.S. 517 (1925)
• Bessette v. W. B. Conkey Co. · 194 U.S. 324 (1904)
• In Re Michael · 326 U.S. 224 (1945)
• Blackmer v. United States · 284 U.S. 421 (1932)
• Michaelson v. United States Ex Rel. Chicago, St. P., M. & OR Co. · 266 U.S. 42 (1924)
• McCrone v. United States · 307 U.S. 61 (1939)
• Doyle v. London Guarantee & Accident Co. · 204 U.S. 599 (1907)
• Thomas v. Collins · 323 U.S. 516 (1945)
• Stoll v. Gottlieb · 305 U.S. 165 (1938)
• Sunshine Anthracite Coal Co. v. Adkins · 310 U.S. 381 (1940)
• In Re Debs · 158 U.S. 564 (1895)
• United States v. Hutcheson · 312 U.S. 219 (1941)
• Treinies v. Sunshine Mining Co. · 308 U.S. 66 (1940)
• Ex Parte Hudgings · 249 U.S. 378 (1919)
• Ex Parte Grossman · 267 U.S. 87 (1925)
• United States v. Fox · 94 U.S. 315 (1877)
• Gompers v. United States · 233 U.S. 604 (1914)
• Union Tool Co. v. Wilson · 259 U.S. 107 (1922)
• Lamb v. Cramer · 285 U.S. 217 (1932)
• Yakus v. United States · 321 U.S. 414 (1944)
• United States v. Cruikshank · 92 U.S. 542 (1876)
• In Re Burrus · 136 U.S. 586 (1890)
• United States v. California · 297 U.S. 175 (1936)
• Leman v. Krentler-Arnold Hinge Last Co. · 284 U.S. 448 (1932)
• United States v. Wrightwood Dairy Co. · 315 U.S. 110 (1942)
• Dollar Savings Bank v. United States · 86 U.S. 227 (1874)
• Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad · 321 U.S. 50 (1944)

Cited by

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• Walker v. City of Birmingham · 388 U.S. 307 (1967)
• Muniz v. Hoffman · 422 U.S. 454 (1975)
• Trump v. CASA, Inc. · 606 U.S. 831 (2025)
• United States v. Pewee Coal Co. · 341 U.S. 114 (1951)
• International Union, United Mine Workers v. Bagwell · 512 U.S. 821 (1994)
• Penfield Co. v. Securities & Exchange Commission · 330 U.S. 585 (1947)
• Green v. United States · 356 U.S. 165 (1958)
• Leiter Minerals, Inc. v. United States · 352 U.S. 220 (1957)
• United States Catholic Conference v. Abortion Rights Mobilization, Inc. · 487 U.S. 72 (1988)
• Yates v. United States · 355 U.S. 66 (1957)
• In Re Green · 369 U.S. 689 (1962)
• Trump v. United States · 603 U.S. 593 (2024)
• Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States Ex Rel. Stevens · 529 U.S. 765 (2000)
• Kisor v. Wilkie · 588 U.S. 558 (2019)
• Young v. United States Ex Rel. Vuitton Et Fils S. A. · 481 U.S. 787 (1987)
• Local 28 of the Sheet Metal Workers' International Ass'n v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 478 U.S. 421 (1986)
• Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Haeger · 581 U.S. 101 (2017)
• Willy v. Coastal Corp. · 503 U.S. 131 (1992)
• Taggart v. Lorenzen · 587 U.S. 554 (2019)
• United States v. Barnett · 376 U.S. 681 (1964)
• Hutto v. Finney · 437 U.S. 678 (1978)
• Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer · 343 U.S. 579 (1952)
• Edgar v. Mite Corp. · 457 U.S. 624 (1982)
• Sacher v. United States · 343 U.S. 1 (1952)
• Morris v. Gressette · 432 U.S. 491 (1977)
• Will v. Michigan Department of State Police · 491 U.S. 58 (1989)
• Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · 523 U.S. 83 (1998)
• Monroe v. Pape · 365 U.S. 167 (1961)
• Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp. · 496 U.S. 384 (1990)
• United States v. Nixon · 418 U.S. 683 (1974)

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