Vendo Co. v. Lektro-Vend Corp. et al.

Decided June 29, 1977. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 76-156 · 433 U.S. 623 (1977) · Cited 387 times

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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.

• Mitchum v. Foster · 407 U.S. 225 (1972)
• California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited · 404 U.S. 508 (1972)
• Amalgamated Clothing Workers v. Richman Bros. · 348 U.S. 511 (1955)
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers · 398 U.S. 281 (1970)
• Otter Tail Power Co. v. United States · 410 U.S. 366 (1973)
• Walker Process Equipment, Inc. v. Food MacHinery & Chemical Corp. · 382 U.S. 172 (1965)
• Toucey v. New York Life Insurance · 314 U.S. 118 (1941)
• Providence & New York Steamship Co. v. Hill Manufacturing Co. · 109 U.S. 578 (1883)
• Huffman v. Pursue, Ltd. · 420 U.S. 592 (1975)
• Kline v. Burke Construction Co. · 260 U.S. 226 (1922)
• General Investment Co. v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. · 260 U.S. 261 (1922)
• United States v. Borden Co. · 347 U.S. 514 (1954)
• Younger v. Harris · 401 U.S. 37 (1971)
• Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc. · 395 U.S. 100 (1969)
• Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc. · 365 U.S. 127 (1961)
• Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United States · 356 U.S. 1 (1958)
• Hecht Co. v. Bowles · 321 U.S. 321 (1944)
• Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp. · 370 U.S. 690 (1962)
• United States v. Topco Associates, Inc. · 405 U.S. 596 (1972)
• International Salt Co. v. United States · 332 U.S. 392 (1947)
• United States v. Dickinson · 331 U.S. 745 (1947)
• Mandeville Island Farms, Inc. v. American Crystal Sugar Co. · 334 U.S. 219 (1948)
• Timken Roller Bearing Co. v. United States · 341 U.S. 593 (1951)
• United Shoe MacHinery Corp. v. United States · 258 U.S. 451 (1922)
• Kelly v. Kosuga · 358 U.S. 516 (1959)
• Freeman v. Bee MacHine Co., Inc · 319 U.S. 448 (1943)
• Appalachian Coals, Inc. v. United States · 288 U.S. 344 (1933)
• Continental Wall Paper Co. v. Louis Voight & Sons Co. · 212 U.S. 227 (1909)
• Oklahoma Packing Co. v. Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. · 309 U.S. 4 (1940)
• D. R. Wilder Manufacturing Co. v. Corn Products Refining Co. · 236 U.S. 165 (1915)

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• Professional Real Estate Investors, Inc. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. · 508 U.S. 49 (1993)
• Washington v. Washington State Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Assn. · 443 U.S. 658 (1979)
• Chick Kam Choo v. Exxon Corp. · 486 U.S. 140 (1988)
• Glickman v. Wileman Brothers & Elliott, Inc. · 521 U.S. 457 (1997)

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