Wheeldin et al. v. Wheeler

Decided June 3, 1963. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 493 · 373 U.S. 647 (1963) · Cited 473 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• Bell v. Hood · 327 U.S. 678 (1946)
• Barr v. Matteo · 360 U.S. 564 (1959)
• Howard v. Lyons · 360 U.S. 593 (1959)
• Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co. · 358 U.S. 354 (1959)
• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins · 304 U.S. 64 (1938)
• Monroe v. Pape · 365 U.S. 167 (1961)
• Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills of Ala. · 353 U.S. 448 (1957)
• Holmberg v. Armbrecht · 327 U.S. 392 (1946)
• Tenney v. Brandhove · 341 U.S. 367 (1951)
• Clearfield Trust Co. v. United States · 318 U.S. 363 (1943)
• Hurn v. Oursler · 289 U.S. 238 (1933)
• Tunstall v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen · 323 U.S. 210 (1945)
• Tennessee v. Davis · 100 U.S. 257 (1880)
• Buck v. Colbath · 70 U.S. 334 (1866)
• Mapp v. Ohio · 367 U.S. 643 (1961)
• Gully v. First Nat. Bank in Meridian · 299 U.S. 109 (1936)
• Screws v. United States · 325 U.S. 91 (1945)
• D'Oench, Duhme & Co. v. Federal Deposit Insurance · 315 U.S. 447 (1942)
• Wolf v. Colorado · 338 U.S. 25 (1949)
• Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Rigsby · 241 U.S. 33 (1916)
• United States v. Standard Oil Co. Of California · 332 U.S. 301 (1947)
• Spalding v. Vilas · 161 U.S. 483 (1896)
• Sinclair v. United States · 279 U.S. 263 (1929)
• Watkins v. United States · 354 U.S. 178 (1957)
• Philadelphia Co. v. Stimson · 223 U.S. 605 (1912)
• United States v. County of Allegheny · 322 U.S. 174 (1944)
• Levering & Garrigues Co. v. Morrin · 289 U.S. 103 (1933)
• Sola Electric Co. v. Jefferson Electric Co. · 317 U.S. 173 (1942)
• Williams v. United States · 341 U.S. 97 (1951)
• Collins v. Hardyman · 341 U.S. 651 (1951)

Cited by

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

• Cannon v. University of Chicago · 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
• Cort v. Ash · 422 U.S. 66 (1975)
• Texas Industries, Inc. v. Radcliff Materials, Inc. · 451 U.S. 630 (1981)
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Curran · 456 U.S. 353 (1982)
• Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · 403 U.S. 388 (1971)
• Davis v. Passman · 442 U.S. 228 (1979)
• Carlson v. Green · 446 U.S. 14 (1980)
• Hernández v. Mesa · 589 U.S. 93 (2020)
• Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Thompson Ex Rel. Thompson · 478 U.S. 804 (1986)
• Touche Ross & Co. v. Redington · 442 U.S. 560 (1979)
• Transamerica Mortgage Advisors, Inc. v. Lewis · 444 U.S. 11 (1979)
• Boyle v. United Technologies Corp. · 487 U.S. 500 (1988)
• Snyder v. Harris · 394 U.S. 332 (1969)
• O'Melveny & Myers v. Federal Deposit Insurance · 512 U.S. 79 (1994)
• City of Milwaukee v. Illinois · 451 U.S. 304 (1981)
• Dombrowski v. Eastland · 387 U.S. 82 (1967)
• Doe v. McMillan · 412 U.S. 306 (1973)
• Retail Clerks International Ass'n, Local 1625 v. Schermerhorn · 373 U.S. 746 (1963)
• Collins v. Virginia · 584 U.S. 586 (2018)
• Atherton v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. · 519 U.S. 213 (1997)
• Dalton v. Specter · 511 U.S. 462 (1994)
• Jackson Transit Authority v. Local Division 1285, Amalgamated Transit Union · 457 U.S. 15 (1982)

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