Central Bank of Denver, N. a. v. First Interstate Bank of Denver, N. a. and Jack K. Naber

Decided April 19, 1994. Anthony McLeod Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 92-854 · 511 U.S. 164 (1994) · Cited 1,685 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores · 421 U.S. 723 (1975)
• Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder · 425 U.S. 185 (1976)
• Chiarella v. United States · 445 U.S. 222 (1980)
• Pinter v. Dahl · 486 U.S. 622 (1988)
• Santa Fe Industries, Inc. v. Green · 430 U.S. 462 (1977)
• Mertens v. Hewitt Associates · 508 U.S. 248 (1993)
• Musick, Peeler & Garrett v. Employers Ins. of Wausau · 508 U.S. 286 (1993)
• Herman & MacLean v. Huddleston · 459 U.S. 375 (1983)
• Basic Inc. v. Levinson · 485 U.S. 224 (1988)
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Curran · 456 U.S. 353 (1982)
• Virginia Bankshares, Inc. v. Sandberg · 501 U.S. 1083 (1991)
• Dirks v. Securities & Exchange Commission · 463 U.S. 646 (1983)
• Patterson v. McLean Credit Union · 491 U.S. 164 (1989)
• Touche Ross & Co. v. Redington · 442 U.S. 560 (1979)
• Affiliated Ute Citizens of Utah v. United States · 406 U.S. 128 (1972)
• Lampf, Pleva, Lipkind, Prupis & Petigrow v. Gilbertson · 501 U.S. 350 (1991)
• Nye & Nissen v. United States · 336 U.S. 613 (1949)
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. LTV Corp. · 496 U.S. 633 (1990)
• Aaron v. Securities & Exchange Commission · 446 U.S. 680 (1980)
• Reves v. Ernst & Young · 494 U.S. 56 (1990)
• Pierce v. Underwood · 487 U.S. 552 (1988)
• Cort v. Ash · 422 U.S. 66 (1975)
• Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc. · 447 U.S. 102 (1980)
• Fogerty v. Fantasy, Inc. · 510 U.S. 517 (1994)
• Middlesex County Sewerage Authority v. National Sea Clammers Assn. · 453 U.S. 1 (1981)
• Lorillard v. Pons · 434 U.S. 575 (1978)
• Transamerica Mortgage Advisors, Inc. v. Lewis · 444 U.S. 11 (1979)
• J. I. Case Co. v. Borak · 377 U.S. 426 (1964)
• Helvering v. Hallock · 309 U.S. 106 (1940)
• Superintendent of Insurance of New York v. Bankers Life & Casualty Co. · 404 U.S. 6 (1971)

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• United States v. O'Hagan · 521 U.S. 642 (1997)
• Bostock v. Clayton County · 590 U.S. 644 (2020)
• Gustafson v. Alloyd Co. · 513 U.S. 561 (1995)
• Rosemond v. United States · 572 U.S. 65 (2014)
• Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC · 576 U.S. 466 (2015)
• SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Products, LLC · 580 U.S. 328 (2017)
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• Varity Corp. v. Howe · 516 U.S. 489 (1996)
• Correctional Services Corp. v. Malesko · 534 U.S. 61 (2001)
• Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District · 524 U.S. 274 (1998)
• Brown v. Gardner · 513 U.S. 115 (1994)
• Jerman v. Carlisle, McNellie, Rini, Kramer & Ulrich, L.P.A. · 559 U.S. 573 (2010)
• Babbitt v. Sweet Home Chapter, Communities for Great Ore. · 515 U.S. 687 (1995)
• Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. United States Army Corps of Engineers · 531 U.S. 159 (2001)
• United States v. Craft · 535 U.S. 274 (2002)
• Camps Newfound/Owatonna, Inc. v. Town of Harrison · 520 U.S. 564 (1997)
• Brogan v. United States · 522 U.S. 398 (1998)
• United States v. Hansen · 599 U.S. 762 (2023)
• BP America Production Co. Ex Rel. Amoco Production Co. v. Burton · 549 U.S. 84 (2006)
• Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta · 597 U.S. 629 (2022)
• Nestlé USA, Inc. v. Doe · 593 U.S. 628 (2021)

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