Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered v. United States

Decided June 22, 1989. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 87-1729 · 491 U.S. 617 (1989) · Cited 804 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.

• Wheat v. United States · 486 U.S. 153 (1988)
• Faretta v. California · 422 U.S. 806 (1975)
• Strickland v. Washington · 466 U.S. 668 (1984)
• Eisenstadt v. Baird · 405 U.S. 438 (1972)
• Edward J. DeBartolo Corp. v. Florida Gulf Coast Building & Construction Trades Council · 485 U.S. 568 (1988)
• United States v. Stowell · 133 U.S. 1 (1890)
• Gideon v. Wainwright · 372 U.S. 335 (1963)
• Singleton v. Wulff · 428 U.S. 106 (1976)
• United States v. Salerno · 481 U.S. 739 (1987)
• Morris v. Slappy · 461 U.S. 1 (1983)
• Walters v. National Assn. of Radiation Survivors · 473 U.S. 305 (1985)
• Brady v. United States · 397 U.S. 742 (1970)
• Powell v. Alabama · 287 U.S. 45 (1932)
• Russello v. United States · 464 U.S. 16 (1983)
• Craig v. Boren · 429 U.S. 190 (1976)
• Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath · 341 U.S. 123 (1951)
• Ungar v. Sarafite · 376 U.S. 575 (1964)
• Crowell v. Benson · 285 U.S. 22 (1932)
• Calero-Toledo v. Pearson Yacht Leasing Co. · 416 U.S. 663 (1974)
• One 1958 Plymouth Sedan v. Pennsylvania · 380 U.S. 693 (1965)
• Wardius v. Oregon · 412 U.S. 470 (1973)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Catholic Bishop · 440 U.S. 490 (1979)
• Evans v. Jeff D. Ex Rel. Johnson · 475 U.S. 717 (1986)
• Chandler v. Warden Fretag · 348 U.S. 3 (1954)
• Sacher v. United States · 343 U.S. 1 (1952)

Cited by

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

• Kaley v. United States · 571 U.S. 320 (2014)
• United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez · 548 U.S. 140 (2006)
• Libretti v. United States · 516 U.S. 29 (1995)
• Kowalski v. Tesmer · 543 U.S. 125 (2004)
• Honeycutt v. United States · 581 U.S. 443 (2017)
• Powers v. Ohio · 499 U.S. 400 (1991)
• Nordlinger v. Hahn · 505 U.S. 1 (1992)
• Simon & Schuster, Inc. v. Members of the New York State Crime Victims Board · 502 U.S. 105 (1991)
• United States v. Parcel of Rumson, NJ, Land · 507 U.S. 111 (1993)
• United States Department of Labor v. Triplett · 494 U.S. 715 (1990)

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