Supreme Court of the United States, 1948

Murphey v. Reed

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided November 15, 1948 · Black, Douglas, Mason, Murphy, Proceedings, Remanded, Rutledge, Should, That, View

335 U.S. 865; 69 S. Ct. 105; 93 L. Ed. 410; 1948 U.S. LEXIS 1568 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Webb M. Mize for petitioners. Charles S. Corben for respondents.

Cases that cite this one

38 later published cases cite this decision. The 24 that cite it most often are listed here.

W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Elwyn H. Ferguson, Doing Business as Elwyn Ferguson Roofing Company (5th Cir. 1963)
United States v. Nicholas A. Stirone (3d Cir. 1959)
Mitchell v. C. W. Vollmer & Co. (Supreme Court of the United States 1955)
Mitchell v. H. B. Zachry Co. (Supreme Court of the United States 1960)
Billeaudeau v. Temple Associates, Inc. (5th Cir. 1954)
Arthur J. Goldberg, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Wade Lahar Construction Company, a Corporation (8th Cir. 1961)
H. B. Zachry Co. v. Mitchell (5th Cir. 1959)
United States v. Newjer Contracting Co. (District Court, D. New Jersey 1958)
James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Kenneth R. Brown, Doing Business as Brown Engineering Company (8th Cir. 1955)
Daves v. Hawaiian Dredging Co. (United States District Court for the District of Hawaii 1953)
Lebleu v. Temple Associates, Inc. (District Court, W.D. Louisiana 1953)
Shaeffer v. Fraser-Brace Engineering Co. (District Court, D. Tennessee 1952)
Byrne v. Metcalfe Const. Co. (United States District Court, Nebraska 1951)
Mitchell v. Ballenger Paving Company (5th Cir. 1962)
Mitchell v. Ballenger Paving Co. (5th Cir. 1962)
Mitchell v. Singstad (District Court, D. Maryland 1959)
James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Empire Gas Engineering Company (5th Cir. 1958)
Wesley E. Archer v. Brown & Root, Inc., and T. L. James & Co., Inc., D/B/A Louisiana Bridge Co. (5th Cir. 1957)
Reed v. Murphy (5th Cir. 1956)
Reed v. Murphy (5th Cir. 1956)
Fruco Const. Co. v. McClelland (8th Cir. 1951)
Cooper v. Rust Engineering Co. (6th Cir. 1950)
Addison v. Huron Stevedoring Corp. (District Court, S.D. New York 1950)
Lassiter v. Guy F. Atkinson Co. (9th Cir. 1949)

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Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam:

The petition for writ of certiorari is granted. The judgments below are vacated and the case remanded to the District Court with instructions to dismiss those causes of action involving solely construction work, and to reconsider the remaining causes of action in the light of the decision of this Court in Kennedy v. Silas Mason Co., 334 U. S. 249.

Mr. Justice Rutledge is of the opinion that the case as a whole should be remanded to the District Court for further proceedings in view of the decision of this Court in Kennedy v. Silas Mason Co., 334 U. S. 249. Dissenting: Mr. Justice Black, Mr. Justice Douglas, and Mr. Justice Murphy.

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