Abdus-Shahid M. S. Ali v. Federal Bureau of Prisons et al

Decided January 22, 2008. Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 06-9130 · 552 U.S. 214 (2008) · Cited 685 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Kosak v. United States · 465 U.S. 848 (1984)
• Dolan v. United States Postal Service · 546 U.S. 481 (2006)
• Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams · 532 U.S. 105 (2001)
• Washington State Department of Social & Health Services v. Guardianship Estate of Keffeler · 537 U.S. 371 (2003)
• United States v. Alvarez-Sanchez · 511 U.S. 350 (1994)
• Harrison v. PPG Industries, Inc. · 446 U.S. 578 (1980)
• United States v. Gonzales · 520 U.S. 1 (1997)
• Jarecki v. G. D. Searle & Co. · 367 U.S. 303 (1961)
• Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. American Train Dispatchers' Ass'n · 499 U.S. 117 (1991)
• Small v. United States · 544 U.S. 385 (2005)
• Nixon v. Missouri Municipal League · 541 U.S. 125 (2004)
• United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc. · 489 U.S. 235 (1989)
• Robinson v. Shell Oil Co. · 519 U.S. 337 (1997)
• Duncan v. Walker · 533 U.S. 167 (2001)
• Food & Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. · 529 U.S. 120 (2000)
• Dalehite v. United States · 346 U.S. 15 (1953)
• Norton v. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance · 542 U.S. 55 (2004)
• Whitman v. American Trucking Assns., Inc. · 531 U.S. 457 (2001)
• United States v. Menasche · 348 U.S. 528 (1955)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Capital Gains Research Bureau, Inc. · 375 U.S. 180 (1963)
• King v. St. Vincent's Hospital · 502 U.S. 215 (1991)
• Deal v. United States · 508 U.S. 129 (1993)
• United States v. Aguilar · 515 U.S. 593 (1995)
• Raygor v. Regents of the University of Minnesota · 534 U.S. 533 (2002)
• Glass City Bank v. United States · 326 U.S. 265 (1945)
• Fort Stewart Schools v. Federal Labor Relations Authority · 495 U.S. 641 (1990)
• S. D. Warren Co. v. Maine Board of Environmental Protection · 547 U.S. 370 (2006)
• Neal v. Clark · 95 U.S. 704 (1878)

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• Millbrook v. United States · 569 U.S. 50 (2013)
• Chamber of Commerce of United States of America v. Whiting · 563 U.S. 582 (2011)
• Florida Department of Revenue v. Piccadilly Cafeterias, Inc. · 554 U.S. 33 (2008)
• Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon · 596 U.S. 450 (2022)
• Feliciano v. Department Of Transportation · 605 U.S. 38 (2025)
• Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson · 595 U.S. 30 (2021)
• Boyle v. United States · 556 U.S. 938 (2009)
• Marx v. General Revenue Corp. · 568 U.S. 371 (2013)
• LaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg & Associates, Inc. · 552 U.S. 248 (2008)
• United States v. Kwai Fun Wong · 575 U.S. 402 (2015)
• Alabama Assn. of Realtors v. Department of Health and Human Servs. · 594 U.S. 758 (2021)
• Marinello v. United States · 584 U.S. 1 (2018)
• Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of Chehalis Reservation · 594 U.S. 338 (2021)
• Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC · 601 U.S. 246 (2024)
• Bondi v. Vanderstok · 604 U.S. 458 (2025)

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