Charles B. Miller, Superintendent, Pendleton Correctional Facility, et al., v. Richard a. French, et al.

Decided June 19, 2000. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 99-224 · 530 U.S. 327 (2000) · Cited 593 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.

• Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc. · 514 U.S. 211 (1995)
• United States v. Klein · 80 U.S. 128 (1872)
• Califano v. Yamasaki · 442 U.S. 682 (1979)
• Edward J. DeBartolo Corp. v. Florida Gulf Coast Building & Construction Trades Council · 485 U.S. 568 (1988)
• United States v. Raines · 362 U.S. 17 (1960)
• Scripps-Howard Radio, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 316 U.S. 4 (1942)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
• State of Penn. v. THE WHEELING &C. BRIDGE CO. · 54 U.S. 518 (1852)
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · 465 U.S. 89 (1984)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Landgraf v. USI Film Products · 511 U.S. 244 (1994)
• Mallard v. United States Dist. Court for Southern Dist. of Iowa · 490 U.S. 296 (1989)
• Yakus v. United States · 321 U.S. 414 (1944)
• Pennsylvania Department of Corrections v. Yeskey · 524 U.S. 206 (1998)
• Doran v. Salem Inn, Inc. · 422 U.S. 922 (1975)
• Hecht Co. v. Bowles · 321 U.S. 321 (1944)
• Lampf, Pleva, Lipkind, Prupis & Petigrow v. Gilbertson · 501 U.S. 350 (1991)
• Rufo v. Inmates of Suffolk County Jail · 502 U.S. 367 (1992)
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Schor · 478 U.S. 833 (1986)
• Morrison v. Olson · 487 U.S. 654 (1988)
• Porter v. Warner Holding Co. · 328 U.S. 395 (1946)
• United States v. Locke · 471 U.S. 84 (1985)
• Lexecon Inc. v. Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach · 523 U.S. 26 (1998)
• System Federation No. 91 v. Wright · 364 U.S. 642 (1961)
• Hooper v. California · 155 U.S. 648 (1895)
• Loving v. United States · 517 U.S. 748 (1996)
• Sinclair Refining Co. v. Atkinson · 370 U.S. 195 (1962)
• Communications Workers of America v. Beck · 487 U.S. 735 (1988)
• Robertson v. Seattle Audubon Society · 503 U.S. 429 (1992)
• George Moore Ice Cream Co. v. Rose · 289 U.S. 373 (1933)

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• Ross v. Blake · 578 U.S. 632 (2016)
• Bank Markazi v. Peterson · 578 U.S. 212 (2016)
• Zadvydas v. Davis · 533 U.S. 678 (2001)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr · 533 U.S. 289 (2001)
• Whitman v. American Trucking Assns., Inc. · 531 U.S. 457 (2001)
• Hewitt v. United States · 606 U.S. 419 (2025)

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