Victory Carriers, Inc., et al. v. Law

Decided December 13, 1971. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 70-54 · 404 U.S. 202 (1971) · Cited 328 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–2.

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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.

• Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki · 328 U.S. 85 (1946)
• Gutierrez v. Waterman Steamship Corp. · 373 U.S. 206 (1963)
• Nacirema Operating Co. v. Johnson · 396 U.S. 212 (1969)
• Alaska Steamship Co. v. Petterson · 347 U.S. 396 (1954)
• Southern Pacific Company v. Jensen · 244 U.S. 205 (1916)
• Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. Hawn · 346 U.S. 406 (1953)
• Reed v. the Yaka · 373 U.S. 410 (1963)
• Atlantic Transport Co. of W. Va. v. Imbrovek · 234 U.S. 52 (1914)
• Grant Smith-Porter Ship Co. v. Rohde · 257 U.S. 469 (1922)
• T. Smith & Son, Inc. v. Taylor · 276 U.S. 179 (1928)
• Rodrigue v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 395 U.S. 352 (1969)
• International Stevedoring Co. v. Haverty · 272 U.S. 50 (1926)
• Calbeck v. Travelers Insurance Co. · 370 U.S. 114 (1962)
• State Industrial Comm'n of NY v. Nordenholt Corp. · 259 U.S. 263 (1922)
• Cleveland Terminal & Valley Railroad Co. v. Cleveland Steamship Co. · 208 U.S. 316 (1908)
• Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp. · 350 U.S. 124 (1956)
• Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co. · 358 U.S. 354 (1959)
• Kermarec v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique · 358 U.S. 625 (1959)
• Panama Railroad v. Johnson · 264 U.S. 375 (1924)
• Healy v. Ratta · 292 U.S. 263 (1934)
• The Propeller Genesee Chief v. Fitzhugh · 53 U.S. 443 (1852)
• Victory Carriers, Inc. v. Law · 404 U.S. 202 (1971)
• Davis v. Department of Labor and Industries of Wash. · 317 U.S. 249 (1942)
• South Chicago Coal & Dock Co. v. Bassett · 309 U.S. 251 (1940)
• Washington v. W. C. Dawson & Co. · 264 U.S. 219 (1924)
• O'Donnell v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. · 318 U.S. 36 (1943)
• Swanson v. Marra Brothers, Inc. · 328 U.S. 1 (1946)
• Warner v. Goltra · 293 U.S. 155 (1934)
• Parker v. Motor Boat Sales, Inc. · 314 U.S. 244 (1942)
• Norton v. Warner Co. · 321 U.S. 565 (1944)

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