Supreme Court of the United States, 1952

Richfield Oil Corp. v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 21, 1952 · Adhering, Affirming, Burton, Consideration, Douglas, Expressed, Frankfurter, Having, Illness, Jackson, Oil, Owing, Supra, Took

343 U.S. 922; 96 L. Ed. 1334; 72 S. Ct. 665; 1952 U.S. LEXIS 2774; 1952 Trade Cas. (CCH) 67,262 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Robert E. Paradise argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was William J. DeMartini. Assistant Attorney General Morison argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Perlman, James L. Morrisson and J. Roger Wollenberg.

Cases that cite this one

41 later published cases cite this decision. The 25 that cite it most often are listed here.

Rhoades v. Wright (Utah 1980)
City of Gainesville v. Florida Power & Light Co. (United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida 1980)
Amoco Oil Company v. Environmental Protection Agency (D.C. Cir. 1976)
Jackson v. Board of Trustees (Ill. App. Ct. 1974)
Richard S. Simpson v. Union Oil Company of California (9th Cir. 1969)
Paul Lessig v. Tidewater Oil Company (9th Cir. 1964)
Richard S. Simpson v. Union Oil Company of California (9th Cir. 1963)
Walker Distributing Company v. Lucky Lager Brewing Company (9th Cir. 1963)
Tampa Electric Company v. Nashville Coal Company, Nashville Coal, Inc., and West Kentucky Coal Company (6th Cir. 1960)
Richfield Oil Corporation v. Karseal Corporation (9th Cir. 1959)
H. W. Martens and Robert A. Maurin, Jr. v. Carl F. Barrett, B. C. Farcell and the Texas Company (5th Cir. 1957)
Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co. v. Shane Co., Inc. (Ind. 1957)
Karseal Corporation v. Richfield Oil Corporation (9th Cir. 1955)
Legum v. Brown (Md. 2006)
Consolidated Rail Corp. v. State (New Jersey Tax Court 1999)
Buccilli v. Timby, Brown & Timby (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 1995)
Packer Plastics, Inc. v. Laundon (Conn. 1990)
Poor Richard's, Inc. v. Stone (N.C. 1988)
Gray v. City of Florissant (Mo. Ct. App. 1979)
Stratton v. Drumm (United States District Court for the District of Connecticut 1978)
Thrower v. Cox (District Court, D. South Carolina 1976)
Robson v. United States (1st Cir. 1975)
Wallace F. Thrall v. Cecil M. Wolfe, Regional Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service (7th Cir. 1974)
Merkle C. Altom v. United States (7th Cir. 1972)
Glubauer v. Smith (Ariz. Ct. App. 1969)

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Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam:

The Court is of the opinion that the issues raised by this appeal are substantially the same as those decided in Standard Oil Co. v. United States, 337 U. S. 293 (1949). Accordingly, the judgment of the District Court is affirmed.

The Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Douglas, Mr. Justice Jackson, and Mr. Justice Burton, while adhering to their views expressed in Standard Oil Co. v. United States, supra, join in affirming the judgment of the District Court in this case. Mr. Justice Frankfurter, not having heard the argument, owing to illness, took no part in the consideration or decision of this case. Mr. Justice Clark took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

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