Asahi Metal Industry Co., Ltd. v. Superior Court of California, Solano County (cheng Shin Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd., Real Party in Interest)

Decided February 24, 1987. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 85-693 · 480 U.S. 102 (1987) · Cited 3,642 times

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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.

• World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson · 444 U.S. 286 (1980)
• Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz · 471 U.S. 462 (1985)
• International Shoe Co. v. Washington · 326 U.S. 310 (1945)
• Hanson v. Denckla · 357 U.S. 235 (1958)
• McGee v. International Life Insurance · 355 U.S. 220 (1957)
• Milliken v. Meyer · 311 U.S. 457 (1941)
• Keeton v. Hustler Magazine, Inc. · 465 U.S. 770 (1984)
• Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts · 472 U.S. 797 (1985)
• Allstate Insurance v. Hague · 449 U.S. 302 (1981)
• United States v. First National City Bank · 379 U.S. 378 (1965)

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• Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S. A. v. Brown · 564 U.S. 915 (2011)
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., San Francisco Cty. · 582 U.S. 255 (2017)
• Burnham v. Superior Court of Cal., County of Marin · 495 U.S. 604 (1990)
• Omni Capital International, Ltd. v. Rudolf Wolff & Co. · 484 U.S. 97 (1987)
• Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial Dist. · 592 U.S. 351 (2021)
• Quill Corp. v. North Dakota Ex Rel. Heitkamp · 504 U.S. 298 (1992)
• American Dredging Co. v. Miller · 510 U.S. 443 (1994)
• Bendix Autolite Corp. v. Midwesco Enterprises, Inc. · 486 U.S. 888 (1988)
• Mallory v. Norfolk Southern R. Co · 600 U.S. 122 (2023)

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