Already, Llc, Dba Yums, Petitioner v. Nike, Inc.

Decided January 9, 2013. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 11-982 · 568 U.S. 85 (2013) · Cited 1,353 times

Holding

A defendant bears the burden of proving a defense of withdrawal.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc. · 528 U.S. 167 (2000)
• New Hampshire v. Maine · 532 U.S. 742 (2001)
• Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. · 272 U.S. 365 (1926)
• MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc. · 549 U.S. 118 (2007)
• Alvarez v. Smith · 558 U.S. 87 (2009)
• Altvater v. Freeman · 319 U.S. 359 (1943)
• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · 504 U.S. 555 (1992)
• City of Los Angeles v. Lyons · 461 U.S. 95 (1983)
• Allen v. Wright · 468 U.S. 737 (1984)
• DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Cuno · 547 U.S. 332 (2006)
• Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona · 520 U.S. 43 (1997)
• Murphy v. Hunt · 455 U.S. 478 (1982)
• Preiser v. Newkirk · 422 U.S. 395 (1975)
• Thornburg v. Gingles · 478 U.S. 30 (1986)
• Northeastern Florida Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America v. City of Jacksonville · 508 U.S. 656 (1993)
• City of Mesquite v. Aladdin's Castle, Inc. · 455 U.S. 283 (1982)
• Gwaltney of Smithfield, Ltd. v. Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc. · 484 U.S. 49 (1987)
• Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB S. A. · 563 U.S. 754 (2011)
• Cardinal Chemical Co. v. Morton International, Inc. · 508 U.S. 83 (1993)

Cited by

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

• Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez · 577 U.S. 153 (2016)
• United States v. Sanchez-Gomez · 584 U.S. 381 (2018)
• FBI v. Fikre · 601 U.S. 234 (2024)
• Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill · 587 U.S. 658 (2019)
• Hollingsworth v. Perry · 570 U.S. 693 (2013)
• Kingdomware Technologies, Inc. v. United States · 579 U.S. 162 (2016)
• Trump v. New York · 592 U.S. 125 (2020)
• Murthy v. Missouri · 603 U.S. 43 (2024)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2013). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).