Asarco Inc. et al. v. Kadish et al.

Decided May 30, 1989. Anthony McLeod Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 87-1661 · 490 U.S. 605 (1989) · Cited 702 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–2.

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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.

• Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · 454 U.S. 464 (1982)
• Doremus v. Board of Ed. of Hawthorne · 342 U.S. 429 (1952)
• Warth v. Seldin · 422 U.S. 490 (1975)
• United States v. Munsingwear, Inc. · 340 U.S. 36 (1950)
• Lassen v. Arizona Ex Rel. Arizona Highway Department · 385 U.S. 458 (1967)
• Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn · 420 U.S. 469 (1975)
• DeFunis v. Odegaard · 416 U.S. 312 (1974)
• Secretary of State of Md. v. Joseph H. Munson Co. · 467 U.S. 947 (1984)
• Nashville, C. & St. LR Co. v. Wallace · 288 U.S. 249 (1933)
• City of Los Angeles v. Lyons · 461 U.S. 95 (1983)
• Sierra Club v. Morton · 405 U.S. 727 (1972)
• City of Revere v. Massachusetts General Hospital · 463 U.S. 239 (1983)
• District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman · 460 U.S. 462 (1983)
• Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co. · 263 U.S. 413 (1924)
• Allen v. Wright · 468 U.S. 737 (1984)
• Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization · 426 U.S. 26 (1976)
• Linda R. S. v. Richard D. · 410 U.S. 614 (1973)
• Gladstone, Realtors v. Village of Bellwood · 441 U.S. 91 (1979)
• Massachusetts v. Mellon · 262 U.S. 447 (1923)
• Schlesinger v. Reservists Committee to Stop the War · 418 U.S. 208 (1974)
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers · 398 U.S. 281 (1970)
• Trafficante v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 409 U.S. 205 (1972)
• United States v. Richardson · 418 U.S. 166 (1974)
• Pennell v. City of San Jose · 485 U.S. 1 (1988)
• Richardson v. Ramirez · 418 U.S. 24 (1974)
• Tileston v. Ullman · 318 U.S. 44 (1943)
• Duquesne Light Co. v. Barasch · 488 U.S. 299 (1989)
• Grubb v. Public Util. Comm'n of Ohio · 281 U.S. 470 (1930)
• Radio Station Wow, Inc. v. Johnson · 326 U.S. 120 (1945)
• Highland Farms Dairy, Inc. v. Agnew · 300 U.S. 608 (1937)

Cited by

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

• United States Department of Labor v. Triplett · 494 U.S. 715 (1990)
• City of Erie v. Pap's A. M. · 529 U.S. 277 (2000)
• Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. · 551 U.S. 587 (2007)
• Northeastern Florida Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America v. City of Jacksonville · 508 U.S. 656 (1993)
• Renne v. Geary · 501 U.S. 312 (1991)
• DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Cuno · 547 U.S. 332 (2006)
• Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency · 549 U.S. 497 (2007)
• Virginia v. Hicks · 539 U.S. 113 (2003)
• Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp. · 544 U.S. 280 (2005)
• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · 504 U.S. 555 (1992)
• TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez · 594 U.S. 413 (2021)
• Whitmore Ex Rel. Simmons v. Arkansas · 495 U.S. 149 (1990)
• City of Chicago v. Morales · 527 U.S. 41 (1999)
• United States v. Texas · 599 U.S. 670 (2023)
• City News & Novelty, Inc. v. City of Waukesha · 531 U.S. 278 (2001)
• Pierce County v. Guillen · 537 U.S. 129 (2003)
• California v. Texas · 593 U.S. 659 (2021)
• PennEast Pipeline Co. v. New Jersey · 594 U.S. 482 (2021)

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