City of Chicago, et al. v. International College of Surgeons et al.

Decided December 15, 1997. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 96-910 · 522 U.S. 156 (1997) · Cited 6,055 times

Holding

A case containing claims that local administrative action violates federal law, but also containing state law claims for on-the-record review of the administrative findings, can be removed to federal district court.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad v. Stude · 346 U.S. 574 (1954)
• Horton v. Liberty Mutual Insurance · 367 U.S. 348 (1961)
• Califano v. Sanders · 430 U.S. 99 (1977)
• United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · 383 U.S. 715 (1966)
• Ankenbrandt Ex Rel. L. R. v. Richards · 504 U.S. 689 (1992)
• Strickland v. Washington · 466 U.S. 668 (1984)
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · 465 U.S. 89 (1984)
• Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Construction Laborers Vacation Trust for Southern Cal. · 463 U.S. 1 (1983)
• Carnegie-Mellon University v. Cohill · 484 U.S. 343 (1988)
• Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co. · 263 U.S. 413 (1924)
• Caterpillar Inc. v. Williams · 482 U.S. 386 (1987)
• Idaho v. Coeur D'Alene Tribe of Idaho · 521 U.S. 261 (1997)
• Gully v. First Nat. Bank in Meridian · 299 U.S. 109 (1936)
• Quackenbush v. Allstate Insurance · 517 U.S. 706 (1996)
• Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · 387 U.S. 136 (1967)
• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Taylor · 481 U.S. 58 (1987)
• Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley Ex Rel. Rowley · 458 U.S. 176 (1982)
• Hagans v. Lavine · 415 U.S. 528 (1974)
• Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Thompson Ex Rel. Thompson · 478 U.S. 804 (1986)
• Strawbridge v. Curtiss · 7 U.S. 267 (1806)
• Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc. · 438 U.S. 59 (1978)
• Patsy v. Board of Regents of Fla. · 457 U.S. 496 (1982)
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Mottley · 211 U.S. 149 (1908)
• New Orleans Public Service, Inc. v. Council of City of New Orleans · 491 U.S. 350 (1989)
• Lambrix v. Singletary · 520 U.S. 518 (1997)
• Barlow v. Collins · 397 U.S. 159 (1970)
• County of Allegheny v. Frank Mashuda Co. · 360 U.S. 185 (1959)
• Hurn v. Oursler · 289 U.S. 238 (1933)
• Finley v. United States · 490 U.S. 545 (1989)
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Tashire · 386 U.S. 523 (1967)

Cited by

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

• Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Services, Inc. · 545 U.S. 546 (2005)
• Wisconsin Department of Corrections v. Schacht · 524 U.S. 381 (1998)
• Carlsbad Technology, Inc. v. HIF Bio, Inc. · 556 U.S. 635 (2009)
• Jones v. Bock · 549 U.S. 199 (2007)
• Grable & Sons Metal Products, Inc. v. Darue Engineering & Manufacturing · 545 U.S. 308 (2005)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1997). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).