Vaughan v. Atkinson et al.

Decided May 14, 1962. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 323 · 369 U.S. 527 (1962) · Cited 753 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–2.

“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.

• Calmar Steamship Corp. v. Taylor · 303 U.S. 525 (1938)
• Cortes v. Baltimore Insular Line, Inc. · 287 U.S. 367 (1932)
• Aguilar v. Standard Oil Co. of NJ · 318 U.S. 724 (1943)
• Farrell v. United States · 336 U.S. 511 (1949)
• Johnson v. United States · 333 U.S. 46 (1948)
• Sprague v. Ticonic National Bank · 307 U.S. 161 (1939)
• Kossick v. United Fruit Co. · 365 U.S. 731 (1961)
• Swift & Co. Packers v. Compania Colombiana Del Caribe, S. A. · 339 U.S. 684 (1950)
• Day v. Woodworth · 54 U.S. 363 (1852)
• The Baltimore · 75 U.S. 377 (1869)
• The Apollon. · 22 U.S. 362 (1824)
• Warren v. United States · 340 U.S. 523 (1951)
• The Iroquois · 194 U.S. 240 (1904)

Cited by

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

• Atlantic Sounding Co. v. Townsend · 557 U.S. 404 (2009)
• Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness Society · 421 U.S. 240 (1975)
• Roadway Express, Inc. v. Piper · 447 U.S. 752 (1980)
• Runyon v. McCrary · 427 U.S. 160 (1976)
• Hall v. Cole · 412 U.S. 1 (1973)
• F. D. Rich Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Industrial Lumber Co. · 417 U.S. 116 (1974)
• Fleischmann Distilling Corp. v. Maier Brewing Co. · 386 U.S. 714 (1967)
• Summit Valley Industries, Inc. v. Local 112, United Brotherhood of Carpenters · 456 U.S. 717 (1982)

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