Aspen Skiing Co. v. Aspen Highlands Skiing Corp.

Decided June 19, 1985. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 84-510 · 472 U.S. 585 (1985) · Cited 677 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

“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.

• Lorain Journal Co. v. United States · 342 U.S. 143 (1951)
• United States v. Colgate & Co. · 250 U.S. 300 (1919)
• Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp. · 370 U.S. 690 (1962)
• Associated Press v. United States · 326 U.S. 1 (1945)
• United States v. Grinnell Corp. · 384 U.S. 563 (1966)
• Continental T. v. Inc. v. GTE Sylvania Inc. · 433 U.S. 36 (1977)
• National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma · 468 U.S. 85 (1984)
• Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. · 441 U.S. 1 (1979)
• Monsanto Co. v. Spray-Rite Service Corp. · 465 U.S. 752 (1984)
• United States v. Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. · 321 U.S. 707 (1944)
• United States v. Terminal Railroad Assn. of St. Louis · 224 U.S. 383 (1912)
• American Bank & Trust Co. v. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta · 256 U.S. 350 (1921)
• United States v. Citizens & Southern National Bank · 422 U.S. 86 (1975)

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• Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. Linkline Communications, Inc. · 555 U.S. 438 (2009)
• Verizon Communications Inc. v. Law Offices of Curtis v. Trinko, LLP · 540 U.S. 398 (2004)
• Eastman Kodak Co. v. Image Technical Services, Inc. · 504 U.S. 451 (1992)
• City of Los Angeles v. Heller · 475 U.S. 796 (1986)
• Brooke Group Ltd. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. · 509 U.S. 209 (1993)
• Business Electronics Corp. v. Sharp Electronics Corp. · 485 U.S. 717 (1988)

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