Crawford Fitting Co. et al. v. J. T. Gibbons, Inc.

Decided June 15, 1987. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 86-322 · 482 U.S. 437 (1987) · Cited 1,473 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

“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.

• Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness Society · 421 U.S. 240 (1975)
• Farmer v. Arabian American Oil Co. · 379 U.S. 227 (1964)
• Ex Parte Peterson · 253 U.S. 300 (1920)
• Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 434 U.S. 412 (1978)
• Morton v. Mancari · 417 U.S. 535 (1974)
• Sprague v. Ticonic National Bank · 307 U.S. 161 (1939)
• Radzanower v. Touche Ross & Co. · 426 U.S. 148 (1976)
• Train v. Colorado Public Interest Research Group, Inc. · 426 U.S. 1 (1976)
• United States v. United Continental Tuna Corp. · 425 U.S. 164 (1976)

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• Rimini Street, Inc. v. Oracle USA, Inc. · 586 U.S. 334 (2019)
• Arlington Central School District Board of Education v. Murphy · 548 U.S. 291 (2006)
• Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd. · 566 U.S. 560 (2012)
• West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. v. Casey · 499 U.S. 83 (1991)
• Morales v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · 504 U.S. 374 (1992)
• Varity Corp. v. Howe · 516 U.S. 489 (1996)
• Missouri v. Jenkins Ex Rel. Agyei · 491 U.S. 274 (1989)
• Marx v. General Revenue Corp. · 568 U.S. 371 (2013)
• Gozlon-Peretz v. United States · 498 U.S. 395 (1991)
• At&T Corp. v. Iowa Utilities Board · 525 U.S. 366 (1999)
• Chickasaw Nation v. United States · 534 U.S. 84 (2001)
• San Antonio v. Hotels.com, L. P. · 593 U.S. 330 (2021)

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