American National Red Cross v. S. G. and a. E.

Decided June 19, 1992. David Hackett Souter delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 91-594 · 505 U.S. 247 (1992) · Cited 190 times

Holding

The charter’s “sue and be sued” provision confers original federalcourt jurisdiction.

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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.

• Osborn v. Bank of United States · 22 U.S. 738 (1824)
• D'Oench, Duhme & Co. v. Federal Deposit Insurance · 315 U.S. 447 (1942)
• Cannon v. University of Chicago · 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
• Verlinden B. v. v. Central Bank of Nigeria · 461 U.S. 480 (1983)
• Pennsylvania v. Union Gas Co. · 491 U.S. 1 (1989)
• FW/PBS, Inc. v. City of Dallas · 493 U.S. 215 (1990)
• Howlett Ex Rel. Howlett v. Rose · 496 U.S. 356 (1990)
• Charles Dowd Box Co. v. Courtney · 368 U.S. 502 (1962)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Catholic Bishop · 440 U.S. 490 (1979)
• Brewster v. Gage · 280 U.S. 327 (1930)
• Loeffler v. Frank · 486 U.S. 549 (1988)
• Ex Parte Bollman and Swartwout · 8 U.S. 75 (1807)
• Claflin v. Houseman · 93 U.S. 130 (1876)
• Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. Bombolis · 241 U.S. 211 (1916)
• United States v. Merriam · 263 U.S. 179 (1923)
• National Mutual Insurance v. Tidewater Transfer Co. · 337 U.S. 582 (1949)
• Herb v. Pitcairn · 324 U.S. 117 (1945)
• Puerto Rico v. Russell & Co. · 288 U.S. 476 (1933)
• Brown v. Gerdes · 321 U.S. 178 (1944)

Cited by

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

• Lightfoot v. Cendant Mortgage Corp · 580 U.S. 82 (2017)
• Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc. · 514 U.S. 211 (1995)
• Feliciano v. Department Of Transportation · 605 U.S. 38 (2025)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1992). 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).