White Motor Co. v. United States

Decided March 4, 1963. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 54 · 372 U.S. 253 (1963) · Cited 581 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–3.

“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.

• United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 150 (1940)
• Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United States · 356 U.S. 1 (1958)
• Timken Roller Bearing Co. v. United States · 341 U.S. 593 (1951)
• United States v. Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. · 321 U.S. 707 (1944)
• Brown Shoe Co. v. United States · 370 U.S. 294 (1962)
• International Salt Co. v. United States · 332 U.S. 392 (1947)
• Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. United States · 306 U.S. 208 (1939)
• Fashion Originators' Guild of America, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission · 312 U.S. 457 (1941)
• United States v. Parke, Davis & Co. · 362 U.S. 29 (1960)
• Ethyl Gasoline Corp. v. United States · 309 U.S. 436 (1940)
• United States v. McKesson & Robbins, Inc. · 351 U.S. 305 (1956)
• United States v. National Lead Co. · 332 U.S. 319 (1947)
• United States v. Diebold, Inc. · 369 U.S. 654 (1962)
• Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. · 368 U.S. 464 (1962)
• Eastman Kodak Co. v. Southern Photo Materials Co. · 273 U.S. 359 (1927)
• Kiefer-Stewart Co. v. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. · 340 U.S. 211 (1951)
• United States v. Masonite Corp. · 316 U.S. 265 (1942)
• International Shoe Co. v. Federal Trade Commission · 280 U.S. 291 (1930)
• Mercoid Corp. v. Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co. · 320 U.S. 680 (1944)

Cited by

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• United States v. Topco Associates, Inc. · 405 U.S. 596 (1972)
• United States v. Arnold, Schwinn & Co. · 388 U.S. 365 (1967)
• Continental T. v. Inc. v. GTE Sylvania Inc. · 433 U.S. 36 (1977)
• Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc. · 551 U.S. 877 (2007)
• Albrecht v. Herald Co. · 390 U.S. 145 (1968)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Dean Foods Co. · 384 U.S. 597 (1966)
• United States v. Sealy, Inc. · 388 U.S. 350 (1967)
• Mourning v. Family Publications Service, Inc. · 411 U.S. 356 (1973)
• Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. · 441 U.S. 1 (1979)
• Business Electronics Corp. v. Sharp Electronics Corp. · 485 U.S. 717 (1988)
• Arizona v. Maricopa County Medical Society · 457 U.S. 332 (1982)
• Atlantic Refining Co. v. Federal Trade Commission · 381 U.S. 357 (1965)
• Estes v. Texas · 381 U.S. 532 (1965)
• Monsanto Co. v. Spray-Rite Service Corp. · 465 U.S. 752 (1984)
• Walker Process Equipment, Inc. v. Food MacHinery & Chemical Corp. · 382 U.S. 172 (1965)
• Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2 v. Hyde · 466 U.S. 2 (1984)
• Exxon Corp. v. Governor of Maryland · 437 U.S. 117 (1978)
• Atlantic Richfield Co. v. USA Petroleum Co. · 495 U.S. 328 (1990)
• National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma · 468 U.S. 85 (1984)
• Otter Tail Power Co. v. United States · 410 U.S. 366 (1973)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Sperry & Hutchinson Co. · 405 U.S. 233 (1972)
• Weinberger v. Hynson, Westcott & Dunning, Inc. · 412 U.S. 609 (1973)
• Northwest Wholesale Stationers, Inc. v. Pacific Stationery & Printing Co. · 472 U.S. 284 (1985)
• United States v. General Motors Corp. · 384 U.S. 127 (1966)
• Gulf Oil Corp. v. Copp Paving Co. · 419 U.S. 186 (1974)
• St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Barry · 438 U.S. 531 (1978)
• Nynex Corp. v. Discon, Inc. · 525 U.S. 128 (1998)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Superior Court Trial Lawyers Ass'n · 493 U.S. 411 (1990)
• Kern County Land Co. v. Occidental Petroleum Corp. · 411 U.S. 582 (1973)
• United States v. Continental Can Co. · 378 U.S. 441 (1964)

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