United States v. United States Gypsum Co. et al.

Decided March 8, 1948. Stanley Forman Reed delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 13 · 333 U.S. 364 (1948) · Cited 9,383 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

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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. General Electric Co. · 272 U.S. 476 (1926)
• Hurn v. Oursler · 289 U.S. 238 (1933)
• Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. United States · 306 U.S. 208 (1939)
• Sola Electric Co. v. Jefferson Electric Co. · 317 U.S. 173 (1942)
• Fashion Originators' Guild of America, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission · 312 U.S. 457 (1941)
• Virginian Railway Co. v. United States · 272 U.S. 658 (1927)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines, Inc. · 303 U.S. 261 (1938)
• Tilghman v. Proctor · 125 U.S. 136 (1888)
• United States v. Masonite Corp. · 316 U.S. 265 (1942)
• Corn Products Refining Co. v. Federal Trade Commission · 324 U.S. 726 (1945)
• Hartford-Empire Co. v. United States · 323 U.S. 386 (1945)
• Standard Oil Co. (Indiana) v. United States · 283 U.S. 163 (1931)
• Becher v. Contoure Laboratories, Inc. · 279 U.S. 388 (1929)
• United States v. National Lead Co. · 332 U.S. 319 (1947)

Cited by

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

• Automatic Radio Mfg. Co., Inc. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc · 339 U.S. 827 (1950)
• United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · 340 U.S. 76 (1950)
• F.T.C. v. Actavis, Inc. · 570 U.S. 136 (2013)
• WRIGHT Et Al. v. ROCKEFELLER, GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, Et Al. · 376 U.S. 52 (1964)
• United States v. Singer Manufacturing Co. · 374 U.S. 174 (1963)
• Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc. · 395 U.S. 100 (1969)
• Snyder v. Louisiana · 552 U.S. 472 (2008)
• Glossip v. Gross · 576 U.S. 863 (2015)
• Gentile v. State Bar of Nev. · 501 U.S. 1030 (1991)
• Pullman-Standard v. Swint · 456 U.S. 273 (1982)
• Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc. · 438 U.S. 59 (1978)
• Sawyer v. Whitley · 505 U.S. 333 (1992)
• Commissioner v. Duberstein · 363 U.S. 278 (1960)
• Inwood Laboratories, Inc. v. Ives Laboratories, Inc. · 456 U.S. 844 (1982)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Cement Institute · 333 U.S. 683 (1948)
• United States v. Falstaff Brewing Corp. · 410 U.S. 526 (1973)
• Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz · 471 U.S. 462 (1985)
• Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · 470 U.S. 564 (1985)
• Hernandez v. New York · 500 U.S. 352 (1991)
• Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation · 402 U.S. 313 (1971)
• Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc. · 466 U.S. 485 (1984)
• Dalehite v. United States · 346 U.S. 15 (1953)
• Castaneda v. Partida · 430 U.S. 482 (1977)
• Concrete Pipe & Products of Cal., Inc. v. Construction Laborers Pension Trust for Southern Cal. · 508 U.S. 602 (1993)
• United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · 351 U.S. 377 (1956)
• McAllister v. United States · 348 U.S. 19 (1954)
• Codd v. Velger · 429 U.S. 624 (1977)
• United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. · 334 U.S. 131 (1948)
• Dickinson v. Zurko · 527 U.S. 150 (1999)
• Bazemore v. Friday · 478 U.S. 385 (1986)

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