Betty E. Vaden v. Discover Bank et al.

Decided March 9, 2009. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 07-773 · 556 U.S. 49 (2009) · Cited 1,112 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• Holmes Group, Inc. v. Vornado Air Circulation Systems, Inc. · 535 U.S. 826 (2002)
• Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp. · 460 U.S. 1 (1983)
• Southland Corp. v. Keating · 465 U.S. 1 (1984)
• Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Construction Laborers Vacation Trust for Southern Cal. · 463 U.S. 1 (1983)
• Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. v. Byrd · 470 U.S. 213 (1985)
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Mottley · 211 U.S. 149 (1908)
• Skelly Oil Co. v. Phillips Petroleum Co. · 339 U.S. 667 (1950)
• Monroe v. Pape · 365 U.S. 167 (1961)
• Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc. · 473 U.S. 614 (1985)
• Aetna Life Insurance v. Haworth · 300 U.S. 227 (1937)
• Volt Info. Sciences, Inc. v. Bd. of Trustees of Leland Stanford Jr. U. · 489 U.S. 468 (1989)
• Gully v. First Nat. Bank in Meridian · 299 U.S. 109 (1936)
• Hall Street Associates, L. L. C. v. Mattel, Inc. · 552 U.S. 576 (2008)
• Buckeye Check Cashing, Inc. v. Cardegna · 546 U.S. 440 (2006)
• Allied-Bruce Terminix Cos., Inc. v. Dobson · 513 U.S. 265 (1995)
• Beneficial National Bank v. Anderson · 539 U.S. 1 (2003)
• Preston v. Ferrer · 552 U.S. 346 (2008)
• Taylor v. Anderson · 234 U.S. 74 (1914)

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• Badgerow v. Walters · 596 U.S. 1 (2022)
• Medtronic, Inc. v. Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC. · 571 U.S. 191 (2014)
• Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Christian · 590 U.S. 1 (2020)
• Kpmg LLP v. Cocchi · 565 U.S. 18 (2011)

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