Woods v. Interstate Realty Co.
Decided June 20, 1949. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 465 · 337 U.S. 535 (1949) · Cited 479 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 6–3.
Majority · 6
- William Orville Douglas · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Felix Frankfurter
- Frank Murphy
- Frederick Moore Vinson
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- Stanley Forman Reed
Dissenting · 3
- Harold Hitz Burton
- Robert Houghwout Jackson · filed a dissenting opinion
- Wiley Blount Rutledge · filed a dissenting opinion
“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.
- Erie Railroad v. Tompkins · 304 U.S. 64 (1938)
- Angel v. Bullington · 330 U.S. 183 (1947)
- Guaranty Trust Co. v. York · 326 U.S. 99 (1945)
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · 313 U.S. 487 (1941)
- West v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 311 U.S. 223 (1940)
- Palmer v. Hoffman · 318 U.S. 109 (1943)
- Stoner v. New York Life Insurance · 311 U.S. 464 (1941)
- Griffin v. McCoach · 313 U.S. 498 (1941)
- Massachusetts v. United States · 333 U.S. 611 (1948)
- United States v. Title Insurance & Trust Co. · 265 U.S. 472 (1924)
- Cities Service Oil Co. v. Dunlap · 308 U.S. 208 (1939)
- David Lupton's Sons Co. v. Automobile Club of America · 225 U.S. 489 (1912)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Iowa Mutual Insurance v. LaPlante · 480 U.S. 9 (1987)
- Hanna v. Plumer · 380 U.S. 460 (1965)
- Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. · 356 U.S. 525 (1958)
- Dole Food Co. v. Patrickson · 538 U.S. 468 (2003)
- California v. United States · 438 U.S. 645 (1978)
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