Allen D. Brown and Greg Hayes v. Legal Foundation of Washington et al.

Decided March 26, 2003. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 01-1325 · 538 U.S. 216 (2003) · Cited 294 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• Phillips v. Washington Legal Foundation · 524 U.S. 156 (1998)
• Webb's Fabulous Pharmacies, Inc. v. Beckwith · 449 U.S. 155 (1980)
• Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · 438 U.S. 104 (1978)
• Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp. · 458 U.S. 419 (1982)
• Olson v. United States · 292 U.S. 246 (1934)
• Kimball Laundry Co. v. United States · 338 U.S. 1 (1949)
• Keystone Bituminous Coal Assn. v. DeBenedictis · 480 U.S. 470 (1987)
• Kirby Forest Industries, Inc. v. United States · 467 U.S. 1 (1984)
• United States v. Petty Motor Co. · 327 U.S. 372 (1946)
• Goldberg v. Kelly · 397 U.S. 254 (1970)
• Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. · 272 U.S. 365 (1926)
• Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City · 473 U.S. 172 (1985)
• Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Chicago · 166 U.S. 226 (1897)
• Abood v. Detroit Board of Education · 431 U.S. 209 (1977)
• United States v. Causby · 328 U.S. 256 (1946)
• Yee v. City of Escondido · 503 U.S. 519 (1992)
• United States v. General Motors Corp. · 323 U.S. 373 (1945)
• Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency · 535 U.S. 302 (2002)
• Keller v. State Bar of California · 496 U.S. 1 (1990)
• United States v. Sperry Corp. · 493 U.S. 52 (1989)
• United States v. Reynolds · 397 U.S. 14 (1970)
• Boston Chamber of Commerce v. City of Boston · 217 U.S. 189 (1910)
• Almota Farmers Elevator & Warehouse Co. v. United States · 409 U.S. 470 (1973)
• United States v. 564.54 Acres of Monroe and Pike County Land · 441 U.S. 506 (1979)
• United States v. 50 Acres of Land · 469 U.S. 24 (1984)
• United States v. Commodities Trading Corp. · 339 U.S. 121 (1950)
• United States v. Pewee Coal Co. · 341 U.S. 114 (1951)
• United States v. New River Collieries Co. · 262 U.S. 341 (1923)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management Dist. · 570 U.S. 595 (2013)
• Horne v. Department of Agriculture · 576 U.S. 351 (2015)
• Kelo v. City of New London · 545 U.S. 469 (2005)
• Gonzales v. Oregon · 546 U.S. 243 (2006)

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