United States v. W. T. Grant Co. et al.

Decided May 25, 1953. Tom C. Clark delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 532 · 345 U.S. 629 (1953) · Cited 2,512 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.

• Hecht Co. v. Bowles · 321 U.S. 321 (1944)
• United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Assn. · 166 U.S. 290 (1897)
• Walling v. Helmerich & Payne, Inc. · 323 U.S. 37 (1944)
• United States v. Oregon State Medical Society · 343 U.S. 326 (1952)
• Standard Oil Co. of California v. United States · 337 U.S. 293 (1949)
• Swift & Co. v. United States · 276 U.S. 311 (1928)
• United States v. Columbia Steel Co. · 334 U.S. 495 (1948)
• United States Alkali Export Ass'n v. United States · 325 U.S. 196 (1945)
• United States v. Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien Gesellschaft · 239 U.S. 466 (1916)
• United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · 340 U.S. 76 (1950)
• Local 74, United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America v. National Labor Relations Board · 341 U.S. 707 (1951)

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• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Medical Committee for Human Rights · 404 U.S. 403 (1972)
• Powell v. McCormack · 395 U.S. 486 (1969)
• County of Los Angeles v. Davis · 440 U.S. 625 (1979)
• Iron Arrow Honor Society v. Heckler · 464 U.S. 67 (1983)
• United States v. Concentrated Phosphate Export Assn., Inc. · 393 U.S. 199 (1968)
• Madsen v. Women's Health Center, Inc. · 512 U.S. 753 (1994)
• Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · 523 U.S. 83 (1998)
• Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc. · 395 U.S. 100 (1969)
• Vitek v. Jones · 445 U.S. 480 (1980)
• Preiser v. Newkirk · 422 U.S. 395 (1975)
• DeFunis v. Odegaard · 416 U.S. 312 (1974)
• Gwaltney of Smithfield, Ltd. v. Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc. · 484 U.S. 49 (1987)
• Chicago Teachers Union, Local No. 1 v. Hudson · 475 U.S. 292 (1986)
• St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Barry · 438 U.S. 531 (1978)
• Bell v. Wolfish · 441 U.S. 520 (1979)
• Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc. · 528 U.S. 167 (2000)
• City of Los Angeles v. Lyons · 461 U.S. 95 (1983)
• Roe v. Wade · 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• Honig v. Doe · 484 U.S. 305 (1988)
• Weinberger v. Romero-Barcelo · 456 U.S. 305 (1982)
• Northeastern Florida Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America v. City of Jacksonville · 508 U.S. 656 (1993)
• City of Mesquite v. Aladdin's Castle, Inc. · 455 U.S. 283 (1982)
• City of Erie v. Pap's A. M. · 529 U.S. 277 (2000)
• McKoy v. North Carolina · 494 U.S. 433 (1990)
• United States v. Philadelphia National Bank · 374 U.S. 321 (1963)
• Barlow v. Collins · 397 U.S. 159 (1970)
• Gray v. Sanders · 372 U.S. 368 (1963)
• Deakins v. Monaghan · 484 U.S. 193 (1988)
• Arizona v. Maricopa County Medical Society · 457 U.S. 332 (1982)
• Cardinal Chemical Co. v. Morton International, Inc. · 508 U.S. 83 (1993)

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