Christopher a. Lopez v. Randy J. Davis, Warden, et al.

Decided January 10, 2001. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 99-7504 · 531 U.S. 230 (2001) · Cited 532 times

Holding

The regulation at issue is a permissible exercise of the BOP’s discretion under § 3621(e)(2)(B).

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“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.

• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Yueh-Shaio Yang · 519 U.S. 26 (1996)
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• Heckler v. Campbell · 461 U.S. 458 (1983)
• Blessing v. Freestone · 520 U.S. 329 (1997)
• Reno v. Koray · 515 U.S. 50 (1995)
• Nationsbank of North Carolina, N. A. v. Variable Annuity Life Insurance · 513 U.S. 251 (1995)
• American Hospital Ass'n v. National Labor Relations Board · 499 U.S. 606 (1991)
• Caron v. United States · 524 U.S. 308 (1998)
• United States v. Haggar Apparel Co. · 526 U.S. 380 (1999)
• Arkansas v. Farm Credit Services of Central Arkansas · 520 U.S. 821 (1997)

Cited by

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

• National Ass'n of Home Builders v. Defenders of Wildlife · 551 U.S. 644 (2007)
• Federal Express Corp. v. Holowecki · 552 U.S. 389 (2008)
• Palazzolo v. Rhode Island · 533 U.S. 606 (2001)
• Pasquantino v. United States · 544 U.S. 349 (2005)
• United States v. United Foods, Inc. · 533 U.S. 405 (2001)
• Barber v. Thomas · 560 U.S. 474 (2010)
• Biden v. Texas · 597 U.S. 785 (2022)

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