Allied-Bruce Terminix Companies, Inc., and Terminix International Company v. G. Michael Dobson et al.

Decided January 18, 1995. Stephen Gerald Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 93-1001 · 513 U.S. 265 (1995) · Cited 1,626 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• Southland Corp. v. Keating · 465 U.S. 1 (1984)
• Bernhardt v. Polygraphic Co. of America, Inc. · 350 U.S. 198 (1956)
• Perry v. Thomas · 482 U.S. 483 (1987)
• Red Cross Line v. Atlantic Fruit Co. · 264 U.S. 109 (1924)
• Volt Info. Sciences, Inc. v. Bd. of Trustees of Leland Stanford Jr. U. · 489 U.S. 468 (1989)
• Prima Paint Corp. v. Flood & Conklin Mfg. Co. · 388 U.S. 395 (1967)
• Gregory v. Ashcroft · 501 U.S. 452 (1991)
• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins · 304 U.S. 64 (1938)
• Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. v. Byrd · 470 U.S. 213 (1985)
• Patterson v. McLean Credit Union · 491 U.S. 164 (1989)
• Scherk v. Alberto-Culver Co. · 417 U.S. 506 (1974)
• English v. General Electric Co. · 496 U.S. 72 (1990)
• Arizona v. Rumsey · 467 U.S. 203 (1984)
• Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp. · 460 U.S. 1 (1983)
• Hanna v. Plumer · 380 U.S. 460 (1965)
• Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · 331 U.S. 218 (1947)
• Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc. · 505 U.S. 504 (1992)
• Hospital Building Co. v. Trustees of Rex Hospital · 425 U.S. 738 (1976)
• Jones v. Rath Packing Co. · 430 U.S. 519 (1977)
• Pennsylvania v. Union Gas Co. · 491 U.S. 1 (1989)
• Schneidewind v. ANR Pipeline Co. · 485 U.S. 293 (1988)
• McLain v. Real Estate Board of New Orleans, Inc. · 444 U.S. 232 (1980)
• United Mine Workers v. Coronado Coal Co. · 259 U.S. 344 (1922)
• Gulf Oil Corp. v. Copp Paving Co. · 419 U.S. 186 (1974)
• Russell v. United States · 471 U.S. 858 (1985)
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Ware · 414 U.S. 117 (1973)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Bunte Bros. · 312 U.S. 349 (1941)
• United States v. American Building Maintenance Industries · 422 U.S. 271 (1975)
• United Leather Workers International Union, Local Lodge or Union No. 66 v. Herkert & Meisel Trunk Co. · 265 U.S. 457 (1924)

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• Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams · 532 U.S. 105 (2001)
• Preston v. Ferrer · 552 U.S. 346 (2008)
• Doctor's Associates, Inc. v. Casarotto · 517 U.S. 681 (1996)
• Mastrobuono v. Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc. · 514 U.S. 52 (1995)
• Hall Street Associates, L. L. C. v. Mattel, Inc. · 552 U.S. 576 (2008)
• Citizens Bank v. Alafabco, Inc. · 539 U.S. 52 (2003)
• Badgerow v. Walters · 596 U.S. 1 (2022)
• Jam v. International Finance Corp. · 586 U.S. 199 (2019)
• Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC · 601 U.S. 246 (2024)
• First Options of Chicago, Inc. v. Kaplan · 514 U.S. 938 (1995)
• Buckeye Check Cashing, Inc. v. Cardegna · 546 U.S. 440 (2006)
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Waffle House, Inc. · 534 U.S. 279 (2002)
• Green Tree Financial Corp. v. Bazzle · 539 U.S. 444 (2003)
• Vimar Seguros Y Reaseguros, S. A. v. M/V Sky Reefer · 515 U.S. 528 (1995)
• Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena · 515 U.S. 200 (1995)
• Vaden v. Discover Bank · 556 U.S. 49 (2009)
• Geier v. American Honda Motor Co. · 529 U.S. 861 (2000)
• Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana · 596 U.S. 639 (2022)
• Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, Inc. · 547 U.S. 9 (2006)
• Kindred Nursing Centers, L. P. v. Clark · 581 U.S. 246 (2017)

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