Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Saint Clair Adams

Decided March 21, 2001. Anthony McLeod Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 99-1379 · 532 U.S. 105 (2001) · Cited 1,312 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.

• Allied-Bruce Terminix Cos., Inc. v. Dobson · 513 U.S. 265 (1995)
• Gilmer v. Interstate/Johnson Lane Corp. · 500 U.S. 20 (1991)
• United States v. American Building Maintenance Industries · 422 U.S. 271 (1975)
• Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills of Ala. · 353 U.S. 448 (1957)
• Southland Corp. v. Keating · 465 U.S. 1 (1984)
• Gulf Oil Corp. v. Copp Paving Co. · 419 U.S. 186 (1974)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Bunte Bros. · 312 U.S. 349 (1941)
• Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc. · 473 U.S. 614 (1985)
• Prima Paint Corp. v. Flood & Conklin Mfg. Co. · 388 U.S. 395 (1967)
• The Employers'liability Cases · 207 U.S. 463 (1908)
• Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. American Train Dispatchers' Ass'n · 499 U.S. 117 (1991)
• Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp. · 460 U.S. 1 (1983)
• United States v. Lopez · 514 U.S. 549 (1995)
• Rodriguez De Quijas v. Shearson/American Express, Inc. · 490 U.S. 477 (1989)
• Shearson/American Express Inc. v. McMahon · 482 U.S. 220 (1987)
• Kelly v. Robinson · 479 U.S. 36 (1986)
• Wickard v. Filburn · 317 U.S. 111 (1942)
• Ratzlaf v. United States · 510 U.S. 135 (1994)
• Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare v. Davenport · 495 U.S. 552 (1990)
• Second Employers'liability Cases · 223 U.S. 1 (1912)
• Bernhardt v. Polygraphic Co. of America, Inc. · 350 U.S. 198 (1956)
• Garcia v. United States · 469 U.S. 70 (1984)
• King v. St. Vincent's Hospital · 502 U.S. 215 (1991)
• A. B. Kirschbaum Co. v. Walling · 316 U.S. 517 (1942)
• Jones v. United States · 529 U.S. 848 (2000)
• Illinois Central Railroad v. Behrens · 233 U.S. 473 (1914)
• Hammer v. Dagenhart · 247 U.S. 251 (1918)
• Gooch v. United States · 297 U.S. 124 (1936)
• Fort Stewart Schools v. Federal Labor Relations Authority · 495 U.S. 641 (1990)
• General Electric Co. v. Local 205, United Electrical, Radio & MacHine Workers · 353 U.S. 547 (1957)

Cited by

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• Ali v. Federal Bureau of Prisons · 552 U.S. 214 (2008)
• Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC · 601 U.S. 246 (2024)
• New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira · 586 U.S. 105 (2019)
• Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela · 587 U.S. 176 (2019)
• Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis · 584 U.S. 497 (2018)
• 14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett · 556 U.S. 247 (2009)
• Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon · 596 U.S. 450 (2022)
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Waffle House, Inc. · 534 U.S. 279 (2002)
• Chickasaw Nation v. United States · 534 U.S. 84 (2001)
• J. E. M. Ag Supply, Inc. v. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. · 534 U.S. 124 (2001)
• Fischer v. United States · 603 U.S. 480 (2024)
• Gisbrecht v. Barnhart · 535 U.S. 789 (2002)
• Stolt-Nielsen S. A. v. AnimalFeeds International Corp. · 559 U.S. 662 (2010)
• Arlington Central School District Board of Education v. Murphy · 548 U.S. 291 (2006)
• Washington State Department of Social & Health Services v. Guardianship Estate of Keffeler · 537 U.S. 371 (2003)

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