Bank of America Corp. v. City of Miami, Florida
Decided May 1, 2017. Stephen Gerald Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 15-1111 · 581 U.S. 189 (2017) · Cited 263 times
Holding
The nonfrivolous-argument standard is not consistent with the FSIA.
The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.
How the Justices voted
Decided 5–3.
Majority · 5
- Stephen Gerald Breyer · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Elena Kagan
- John Glover Roberts Jr.
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Sonia Sotomayor
Dissenting · 3
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy
- Clarence Thomas · filed a dissenting opinion
- Samuel A. Alito Jr.
“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.
- Gladstone, Realtors v. Village of Bellwood · 441 U.S. 91 (1979)
- Lexmark Int'l, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc. · 572 U.S. 118 (2014)
- Havens Realty Corp. v. Coleman · 455 U.S. 363 (1982)
- Trafficante v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 409 U.S. 205 (1972)
- Associated General Contractors of California, Inc. v. California State Council of Carpenters · 459 U.S. 519 (1983)
- Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection Corporation · 503 U.S. 258 (1992)
- Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · 397 U.S. 150 (1970)
- Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · 504 U.S. 555 (1992)
- Bennett v. Spear · 520 U.S. 154 (1997)
- Lorillard v. Pons · 434 U.S. 575 (1978)
- Curtis v. Loether · 415 U.S. 189 (1974)
- Anza v. Ideal Steel Supply Corp. · 547 U.S. 451 (2006)
- Hemi Group, LLC v. City of New York · 559 U.S. 1 (2010)
- Meyer v. Holley · 537 U.S. 280 (2003)
- Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins · 578 U.S. 330 (2016)
Cited by
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- FDA v. R. J. Reynolds Vapor Co. · 606 U.S. 226 (2025)
- Apple, Inc. v. Pepper · 587 U.S. 273 (2019)
- County of Los Angeles v. Mendez · 581 U.S. 420 (2017)
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