Schwegmann Bros. v. Calvert Distillers Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that “doubts of the opposition” do not guide “the construction of legislation”
• construing a statute to reflect “continuity” between the Senate bill ultimately enacted and prior draft legislation
• construing a statute to reflect “continuity” between the Senate bill ultimately enacted and prior draft legislation
• invalidating Louisiana law providing that buyer would not resell except at price stipulated by vendor
• \It is the sponsors that we look to when the meaning of the statutory words is in doubt.\
• “Resort to legislative history is only justified where the face of the Act is inescapably ambiguous....”

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Cited by

474 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder
  Supreme Court· 1976-05-19· cited 3,533×
• Brown Shoe Co. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1962-06-25· cited 1,936×
• Antonio Abrego Abrego v. The Dow Chemical Co Shell Oil Company, D/B/A Shell Chemical Company, and Shell Agricultural Chemical Company
  Ninth Circuit· 2006-04-04· cited 1,756×
• United States v. Martin Linen Supply Co.
  Supreme Court· 1977-04-04· cited 1,460×
• Sundstrand Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-04-08· cited 1,356×
• Environmental Protection Agency v. Mink
  Supreme Court· 1973-01-22· cited 1,251×
• Serfass v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1975-03-03· cited 1,194×
• Edward J. DeBartolo Corp. v. Florida Gulf Coast Building & Construction Trades Council
  Supreme Court· 1988-04-20· cited 1,067×
• Professional Real Estate Investors, Inc. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1993-05-03· cited 953×
• Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis
  Supreme Court· 2018-05-21· cited 946×
• Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1965-01-25· cited 912×
• California Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1980-03-03· cited 855×
• Garcia v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1985-02-19· cited 768×
• City of Lafayette v. Louisiana Power & Light Co.
  Supreme Court· 1978-03-29· cited 703×
• Bryan v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1998-06-15· cited 683×
• City of Columbia v. Omni Outdoor Advertising, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1991-04-01· cited 609×
• National Woodwork Manufacturers Ass'n v. National Labor Relations Board
  Supreme Court· 1967-04-17· cited 595×
• Mastro Plastics Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
  Supreme Court· 1956-06-11· cited 594×
• Gulf Offshore Co. v. Mobil Oil Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1981-07-01· cited 563×
• New York State Department of Social Services v. Dublino
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-21· cited 558×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.
  Supreme Court· 1940-06-03· cited 2,153×
• Parker v. Brown
  Supreme Court· 1943-01-04· cited 1,730×
• Kiefer-Stewart Co. v. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1951-02-26· cited 537×
• Old Dearborn Distributing Co. v. Seagram-Distillers Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1936-12-07· cited 349×
• Soon Hing v. Crowley
  Supreme Court· 1885-03-16· cited 342×
• Commissioner v. Estate of Church
  Supreme Court· 1949-02-14· cited 281×
• Zahn v. Board of Public Works
  Supreme Court· 1927-05-16· cited 259×
• Radice v. People of New York
  Supreme Court· 1924-03-17· cited 185×
• Schwegmann Brothers v. Calvert Distillers Corp. Schwegmann Brothers v. Seagram Distillers Corp
  Fifth Circuit· 1950-09-15· cited 11×
• Pepsodent Co. v. Krauss Co.
  E.D. Louisiana· 1944-08-24· cited 4×

Other cases named Schwegmann Bros. v. Calvert Distillers Corp.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Schwegmann Bros. v. Calvert Distillers Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1951-02-26