Bg Group Plc v. Republic of Argentina

Decided March 5, 2014. Stephen Gerald Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 12-138 · 572 U.S. 25 (2014) · Cited 319 times

Holding

Article 12's 1-year period is not subject to equitable tolling.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

“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.

• Howsam v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. · 537 U.S. 79 (2002)
• First Options of Chicago, Inc. v. Kaplan · 514 U.S. 938 (1995)
• John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. Livingston · 376 U.S. 543 (1964)
• At&T Technologies, Inc. v. Communications Workers · 475 U.S. 643 (1986)
• Volt Info. Sciences, Inc. v. Bd. of Trustees of Leland Stanford Jr. U. · 489 U.S. 468 (1989)
• Stolt-Nielsen S. A. v. AnimalFeeds International Corp. · 559 U.S. 662 (2010)
• Eastern Associated Coal Corp. v. United Mine Workers, District 17 · 531 U.S. 57 (2000)
• Major League Baseball Players Assn. v. Garvey · 532 U.S. 504 (2001)
• Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp. · 460 U.S. 1 (1983)
• United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co. · 363 U.S. 574 (1960)
• McKart v. United States · 395 U.S. 185 (1969)
• United States v. Nordic Village, Inc. · 503 U.S. 30 (1992)
• Hall Street Associates, L. L. C. v. Mattel, Inc. · 552 U.S. 576 (2008)
• Medellin v. Texas · 552 U.S. 491 (2008)
• Abbott v. Abbott · 560 U.S. 1 (2010)
• Air France v. Saks · 470 U.S. 392 (1985)
• Eastern Airlines, Inc. v. Floyd · 499 U.S. 530 (1991)
• Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter · 569 U.S. 564 (2013)
• United States v. Bormes · 568 U.S. 6 (2012)

Cited by

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• Lozano v. Montoya Alvarez · 572 U.S. 1 (2014)
• ZF Automotive U. S., Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd. · 596 U.S. 619 (2022)
• Arizona v. Navajo Nation · 599 U.S. 555 (2023)

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