Land v. Dollar

330 U.S. 731 · Decided April 7, 1947 · Supreme Court of the United States

At a glance

Land v. Dollar was decided on April 7, 1947 unanimously (8–0). The Court affirmed the lower court's decision. Justice William O. Douglas wrote the opinion of the Court. SCDB classifies its main issue as “Jurisdiction of federal district or territorial courts” in the Judicial Power area.

Read the opinion

• CourtListener (Free Law Project) — opinion text
• Library of Congress — official U.S. Reports scan

Case details

How the Justices voted

Did not participate: Hugo L. Black.

Full case caption

Land, Chairman, United States Maritime Commission, et al. v. Dollar et al.

SCDB identifiers: case 1946-082, docket 1946-082-01.

Related decisions

Other cases on “Jurisdiction of federal district or territorial courts”

• Ayrshire Collieries Corp. v. United States
  331 U.S. 132Decided April 28, 19478–1Frank Murphy
• Order of Railway Conductors of America v. Swan
  329 U.S. 520Decided January 13, 19478–1Frank Murphy
• King v. Order of United Commercial Travelers of America
  333 U.S. 153Decided March 8, 19489–0Fred M. Vinson
• Eccles v. Peoples Bank of Lakewood Village
  333 U.S. 426Decided March 15, 19485–2Felix Frankfurter
• Woods v. Hills
  334 U.S. 210Decided May 10, 19489–0Fred M. Vinson
• Briggs v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
  334 U.S. 304Decided May 24, 19485–4Robert H. Jackson

See all

Cases on the same legal provision: Federal Rules of Civil or Appellate Procedure

• Fleming v. Mohawk Wrecking & Lumber Co.
  331 U.S. 111Decided April 28, 19479–0William O. Douglas
• Koster v. (American) Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.
  330 U.S. 518Decided March 10, 19475–4Robert H. Jackson
• Cone v. West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co.
  330 U.S. 212Decided March 3, 19479–0Hugo L. Black
• Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.
  331 U.S. 519Decided June 9, 19479–0Frank Murphy
• Jesionowski v. Boston & Maine Railroad
  329 U.S. 452Decided January 13, 19476–3Hugo L. Black
• Anderson v. Yungkau
  329 U.S. 482Decided January 13, 19475–2William O. Douglas

Same Term, same area (Judicial Power)

• Alma Motor Co. v. Timken-Detroit Axle Co.
  329 U.S. 129Decided December 9, 19469–0Fred M. Vinson
• Anderson v. Yungkau
  329 U.S. 482Decided January 13, 19475–2William O. Douglas
• Order of Railway Conductors of America v. Swan
  329 U.S. 520Decided January 13, 19478–1Frank Murphy
• Parker v. Fleming
  329 U.S. 531Decided January 20, 19476–3Hugo L. Black
• Patterson v. Lamb
  329 U.S. 539Decided January 20, 19479–0Hugo L. Black
• United Public Workers of America v. Mitchell
  330 U.S. 75Decided February 10, 19474–3Stanley F. Reed

See all

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error