Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Crenshaw

Decided May 16, 1988. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 85-1765 · 486 U.S. 71 (1988) · Cited 224 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–1.

“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.

• Lindsey v. Normet · 405 U.S. 56 (1972)
• Illinois v. Gates · 462 U.S. 213 (1983)
• Dewey v. Des Moines · 173 U.S. 193 (1899)
• Mishkin v. New York · 383 U.S. 502 (1966)
• City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc. · 473 U.S. 432 (1985)
• Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · 418 U.S. 323 (1974)
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. Foust · 442 U.S. 42 (1979)
• Hathorn v. Lovorn · 457 U.S. 255 (1982)
• Stanley v. Illinois · 405 U.S. 645 (1972)
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma · 413 U.S. 601 (1973)
• Roberts v. United States Jaycees · 468 U.S. 609 (1984)
• Taylor v. Illinois · 484 U.S. 400 (1988)
• United States v. Batchelder · 442 U.S. 114 (1979)
• Vance v. Bradley · 440 U.S. 93 (1979)
• Giaccio v. Pennsylvania · 382 U.S. 399 (1966)

Cited by

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

• Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Haslip · 499 U.S. 1 (1991)
• Browning-Ferris Industries of Vermont, Inc. v. Kelco Disposal, Inc. · 492 U.S. 257 (1989)
• Yee v. City of Escondido · 503 U.S. 519 (1992)
• TXO Production Corp. v. Alliance Resources Corp. · 509 U.S. 443 (1993)
• United States v. Williams · 504 U.S. 36 (1992)
• Michael H. v. Gerald D. · 491 U.S. 110 (1989)
• Clark v. Jeter · 486 U.S. 456 (1988)
• Hemphill v. New York · 595 U.S. 140 (2022)

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