Legal Opinion
Pennsylvania v. New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 19, 1972No. 40 ORIGPublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
Pennsylvania and other States, except to, and New York supports,1 the Report of the Special Master filed in this original action brought by Pennsylvania against New York for a determination respecting the authority of the several States to escheat, or take custody of, unclaimed funds paid to the Western Union Telegraph Company for the purchase of money orders.2 We over-*208rulé the exceptions and enter the decree recommended by the Special Master, see post, p. 223.3
The nature of Western Union’s money order business, and the source of the funds here in dispute, were described by the Court in…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- North Carolina State Board of Education v. SwannSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Texas v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Commonwealth v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
3Cited by35 opinions
- New Jersey Retail Merchants Ass'n v. Sidamon-EristoffCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2012
- Delaware v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Marathon Petroleum Corp. v. Secretary of Finance Ex Rel. DelawareCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2017
- Temple-Inland, Inc. v. CookDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 2016
- Delaware v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 2023
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