Will, U.S. District Judge v. United States

Decided November 13, 1967. Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 36 · 389 U.S. 90 (1967) · Cited 1,120 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

“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.

• La Buy v. Howes Leather Co. · 352 U.S. 249 (1957)
• Roche v. Evaporated Milk Assn. · 319 U.S. 21 (1943)
• Schlagenhauf v. Holder · 379 U.S. 104 (1964)
• Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Holland · 346 U.S. 379 (1953)
• Ex Parte Fahey · 332 U.S. 258 (1947)
• Parr v. United States · 351 U.S. 513 (1956)
• Carroll v. United States · 354 U.S. 394 (1957)
• Cobbledick v. United States · 309 U.S. 323 (1940)
• De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd. v. United States · 325 U.S. 212 (1945)
• DiBella v. United States · 369 U.S. 121 (1962)
• Fong Foo v. United States · 369 U.S. 141 (1962)
• Wong Tai v. United States · 273 U.S. 77 (1927)
• Ex Parte United States · 242 U.S. 27 (1916)
• United States v. Debrow · 346 U.S. 374 (1953)
• Ex Parte Republic of Peru · 318 U.S. 578 (1943)
• Bowman Dairy Co. v. United States · 341 U.S. 214 (1951)
• Maryland v. Soper, Judge · 270 U.S. 9 (1926)
• Ex Parte United States · 287 U.S. 241 (1932)
• McLish v. Roff · 141 U.S. 661 (1891)

Cited by

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

• Cheney v. United States District Court for District of Columbia · 542 U.S. 367 (2004)
• Will v. Calvert Fire Insurance · 437 U.S. 655 (1978)
• Arizona v. Manypenny · 451 U.S. 232 (1981)
• United States v. Sanchez-Gomez · 584 U.S. 381 (2018)
• Microsoft Corp. v. Baker · 582 U.S. 23 (2017)
• Chandler v. Judicial Council of the Tenth Circuit · 398 U.S. 74 (1970)
• Mallard v. United States Dist. Court for Southern Dist. of Iowa · 490 U.S. 296 (1989)
• Kerr v. United States Dist. Court for Northern Dist. of Cal. · 426 U.S. 394 (1976)
• United States v. Jorn · 400 U.S. 470 (1971)
• Allied Chemical Corp. v. Daiflon, Inc. · 449 U.S. 33 (1980)
• Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Risjord · 449 U.S. 368 (1981)
• Thermtron Products, Inc. v. Hermansdorfer · 423 U.S. 336 (1976)
• Sanabria v. United States · 437 U.S. 54 (1978)
• Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. v. Mayacamas Corp. · 485 U.S. 271 (1988)
• Pulliam v. Allen · 466 U.S. 522 (1984)
• Richardson-Merrell Inc. v. Koller Ex Rel. Koller · 472 U.S. 424 (1985)
• United States v. Sisson · 399 U.S. 267 (1970)
• United States v. Providence Journal Co. · 485 U.S. 693 (1988)

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