United States v. Wise

Decided June 25, 1962. Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 488 · 370 U.S. 405 (1962) · Cited 215 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

“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.

• United States v. Dotterweich · 320 U.S. 277 (1943)
• United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · 353 U.S. 586 (1957)
• United States v. United Mine Workers of America · 330 U.S. 258 (1947)
• United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 150 (1940)
• American Tobacco Co. v. United States · 328 U.S. 781 (1946)
• Schwegmann Bros. v. Calvert Distillers Corp. · 341 U.S. 384 (1951)
• Wong Yang Sung v. McGrath · 339 U.S. 33 (1950)
• United States v. Price · 361 U.S. 304 (1960)
• United States v. Trenton Potteries Co. · 273 U.S. 392 (1927)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Morton Salt Co. · 334 U.S. 37 (1948)
• United States v. Turley · 352 U.S. 407 (1957)
• Sinking-Fund Cases · 99 U.S. 700 (1879)
• Federal Housing Administration v. Darlington, Inc. · 358 U.S. 84 (1958)
• Gemsco, Inc. v. Walling · 324 U.S. 244 (1945)
• Corn Products Refining Co. v. Federal Trade Commission · 324 U.S. 726 (1945)
• Rainwater v. United States · 356 U.S. 590 (1958)
• Canada Southern Railway Co. v. Gebhard · 109 U.S. 527 (1883)
• United States v. Stafoff · 260 U.S. 477 (1923)
• Trailmobile Co. v. Whirls · 331 U.S. 40 (1947)
• Penn Mutual Life Insurance v. Lederer · 252 U.S. 523 (1920)
• Sioux Tribe of Indians v. United States · 316 U.S. 317 (1942)
• Carolene Products Co. v. United States · 323 U.S. 18 (1944)
• Stockdale v. Insurance Companies · 87 U.S. 323 (1874)
• United States v. Mills · 32 U.S. 138 (1833)
• Koshkonong v. Burton · 104 U.S. 668 (1882)

Cited by

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

• Bob Jones University v. United States · 461 U.S. 574 (1983)
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. LTV Corp. · 496 U.S. 633 (1990)
• Central Bank of Denver, N. A. v. First Interstate Bank of Denver, N. A. · 511 U.S. 164 (1994)
• Morton v. Ruiz · 415 U.S. 199 (1974)
• United States v. National Dairy Products Corp. · 372 U.S. 29 (1963)
• Meyer v. Holley · 537 U.S. 280 (2003)
• Federal Communications Commission v. National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting · 436 U.S. 775 (1978)
• Local Union No. 189, Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen v. Jewel Tea Co. · 381 U.S. 676 (1965)
• Pfizer Inc. v. Government of India · 434 U.S. 308 (1978)

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