Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft v. Federal Maritime Commission et al.

Decided March 6, 1968. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 69 · 390 U.S. 261 (1968) · Cited 346 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–1.

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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.

• United Mine Workers v. Pennington · 381 U.S. 657 (1965)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Truck Drivers Local Union No. 449 · 353 U.S. 87 (1957)
• Consolo v. Federal Maritime Commission · 383 U.S. 607 (1966)
• Allen Bradley Co. v. Local Union No. 3, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers · 325 U.S. 797 (1945)
• Local Union No. 189, Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen v. Jewel Tea Co. · 381 U.S. 676 (1965)
• Federal Maritime Board v. Isbrandtsen Co. · 356 U.S. 481 (1958)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Hearst Publications, Inc. · 322 U.S. 111 (1944)
• Unemployment Compensation Comm'n of Alaska v. Aragon · 329 U.S. 143 (1946)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Brown · 380 U.S. 278 (1965)
• American Ship Building Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 380 U.S. 300 (1965)
• McCulloch v. Sociedad Nacional De Marineros De Honduras · 372 U.S. 10 (1963)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Colgate-Palmolive Co. · 380 U.S. 374 (1965)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Waterman Steamship Corp. · 309 U.S. 206 (1940)
• United States Navigation Co. v. Cunard Steamship Co. · 284 U.S. 474 (1932)
• Southern Steamship Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 316 U.S. 31 (1942)
• Benz v. Compania Naviera Hidalgo, S. A. · 353 U.S. 138 (1957)
• Carnation Co. v. Pacific Westbound Conference · 383 U.S. 213 (1966)
• International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union v. Juneau Spruce Corp. · 342 U.S. 237 (1952)
• Marine Cooks & Stewards v. Panama Steamship Co. · 362 U.S. 365 (1960)
• Marine Engineers Beneficial Ass'n v. Interlake Steamship Co. · 370 U.S. 173 (1962)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Pittsburgh Steamship Co. · 337 U.S. 656 (1949)
• United States v. Illinois Central Railroad · 263 U.S. 515 (1924)
• Hanna Mining Co. v. District 2, Marine Engineers Beneficial Ass'n · 382 U.S. 181 (1965)

Cited by

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

• Port of Boston Marine Terminal Assn. v. Rederiaktiebolaget Transatlantic · 400 U.S. 62 (1970)
• Federal Maritime Commission v. Seatrain Lines, Inc. · 411 U.S. 726 (1973)
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• Arnett v. Kennedy · 416 U.S. 134 (1974)
• Federal Election Commission v. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee · 454 U.S. 27 (1981)
• Espinoza v. Farah Manufacturing Co. · 414 U.S. 86 (1973)
• Chemical Manufacturers Ass'n v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 470 U.S. 116 (1985)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Sloan · 436 U.S. 103 (1978)
• Brown v. Pro Football, Inc. · 518 U.S. 231 (1996)

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