Wyandotte Transportation Co. et al. v. United States

Decided December 4, 1967. Abe Fortas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 31 · 389 U.S. 191 (1967) · Cited 361 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.

• United States v. Republic Steel Corp. · 362 U.S. 482 (1960)
• In Re Debs · 158 U.S. 564 (1895)
• J. I. Case Co. v. Borak · 377 U.S. 426 (1964)
• Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Rigsby · 241 U.S. 33 (1916)
• United States v. Rio Grande Dam & Irrigation Co. · 174 U.S. 690 (1899)
• United States v. San Jacinto Tin Co. · 125 U.S. 273 (1888)
• Willamette Iron Bridge Co. v. Hatch · 125 U.S. 1 (1888)
• Sanitary District of Chicago v. United States · 266 U.S. 405 (1925)
• United States v. Acme Process Equipment Co. · 385 U.S. 138 (1966)
• Cotton v. United States · 52 U.S. 229 (1851)

Cited by

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

• Cannon v. University of Chicago · 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
• Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. · 552 U.S. 148 (2008)
• Cort v. Ash · 422 U.S. 66 (1975)
• Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools · 503 U.S. 60 (1992)
• Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · 403 U.S. 388 (1971)
• Brunswick Corp. v. Pueblo Bowl-O-Mat, Inc. · 429 U.S. 477 (1977)
• Chrysler Corp. v. Brown · 441 U.S. 281 (1979)
• Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. · 392 U.S. 409 (1968)
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Curran · 456 U.S. 353 (1982)
• Blue Shield of Va. v. McCready · 457 U.S. 465 (1982)
• Guardians Assn. v. Civil Serv. Comm'n of New York City · 463 U.S. 582 (1983)
• Meghrig v. KFC Western, Inc. · 516 U.S. 479 (1996)

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