Cortez Byrd Chips, Inc. v. Bill Harbert Construction Company, Etc.

Decided March 21, 2000. David Hackett Souter delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 98-1960 · 529 U.S. 193 (2000) · Cited 196 times

Holding

The FAA’s venue provisions are permissive, allowing a motion to confirm, vacate, or modify to be brought either in the district where the award was made or in any district proper under the general venue statute.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• International Shoe Co. v. Washington · 326 U.S. 310 (1945)
• Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp. · 460 U.S. 1 (1983)
• Landis v. North American Co. · 299 U.S. 248 (1936)
• The Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co. · 407 U.S. 1 (1972)
• Scherk v. Alberto-Culver Co. · 417 U.S. 506 (1974)
• Kerotest Manufacturing Co. v. C-O-Two Fire Equipment Co. · 342 U.S. 180 (1952)
• United States v. Rodgers · 461 U.S. 677 (1983)
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Arabian American Oil Co. · 499 U.S. 244 (1991)
• Fourco Glass Co. v. Transmirra Products Corp. · 353 U.S. 222 (1957)
• Stonite Products Co. v. Melvin Lloyd Co. · 315 U.S. 561 (1942)
• Brunette MacHine Works, Ltd. v. Kockum Industries, Inc. · 406 U.S. 706 (1972)
• Marine Transit Corp. v. Dreyfus · 284 U.S. 263 (1932)

Cited by

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

• Badgerow v. Walters · 596 U.S. 1 (2022)
• Stolt-Nielsen S. A. v. AnimalFeeds International Corp. · 559 U.S. 662 (2010)
• Smith v. Bayer Corp. · 564 U.S. 299 (2011)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2000). 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).