Arkansas v. Farm Credit Services of Central Arkansas et al.

Decided June 2, 1997. Anthony McLeod Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 95-1918 · 520 U.S. 821 (1997) · Cited 118 times

Holding

PCA’s are not included within the judicial exception to the Act by virtue of their designation as instrumentalities of the United States and so may not sue in federal court for an injunction against state taxation without the United States as co-plaintiff.

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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.

• Moe v. Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation · 425 U.S. 463 (1976)
• Department of Employment v. United States · 385 U.S. 355 (1966)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Nash-Finch Co. · 404 U.S. 138 (1971)
• Rosewell v. LaSalle National Bank · 450 U.S. 503 (1981)
• California v. Grace Brethren Church · 457 U.S. 393 (1982)
• Smith v. Reeves · 178 U.S. 436 (1900)
• Perez v. Ledesma · 401 U.S. 82 (1971)
• Wisconsin v. J. C. Penney Co. · 311 U.S. 435 (1941)
• Leiter Minerals, Inc. v. United States · 352 U.S. 220 (1957)
• Dollar Savings Bank v. United States · 86 U.S. 227 (1874)

Cited by

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

• Lindh v. Murphy · 521 U.S. 320 (1997)
• Hibbs v. Winn · 542 U.S. 88 (2004)
• Raleigh v. Illinois Department of Revenue · 530 U.S. 15 (2000)
• Lopez v. Davis · 531 U.S. 230 (2001)
• Jefferson County v. Acker · 527 U.S. 423 (1999)

Official text

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1997). 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).