Cuozzo Speed Technologies, Llc v. Lee

Decided June 20, 2016. Stephen Gerald Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 15-446 · 579 U.S. 261 (2016) · Cited 322 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–2.

“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.

• Lindahl v. Office of Personnel Management · 470 U.S. 768 (1985)
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• United States v. Mead Corp. · 533 U.S. 218 (2001)
• Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Ray-O-Vac Co. · 321 U.S. 275 (1944)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca · 480 U.S. 421 (1987)
• Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay · 437 U.S. 463 (1978)
• Quackenbush v. Allstate Insurance · 517 U.S. 706 (1996)
• Johnson v. Robison · 415 U.S. 361 (1974)
• Precision Instrument Manufacturing Co. v. Automotive Maintenance MacHinery Co. · 324 U.S. 806 (1945)
• Bowen v. Michigan Academy of Family Physicians · 476 U.S. 667 (1986)
• Block v. Community Nutrition Institute · 467 U.S. 340 (1984)
• Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Carpenter · 558 U.S. 100 (2009)
• Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd. Partnership · 564 U.S. 91 (2011)
• United States v. Williams · 504 U.S. 36 (1992)
• Ali v. Federal Bureau of Prisons · 552 U.S. 214 (2008)
• Rodriguez v. United States · 480 U.S. 522 (1987)
• Dunlop v. Bachowski · 421 U.S. 560 (1975)
• One Lot Emerald Cut Stones and One Ring v. United States · 409 U.S. 232 (1972)
• Traynor v. Turnage · 485 U.S. 535 (1988)
• MacH Mining, LLC v. Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n · 575 U.S. 480 (2015)
• Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. · 514 U.S. 122 (1995)
• Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc. · 572 U.S. 898 (2014)
• Kaley v. United States · 571 U.S. 320 (2014)
• Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Assn. · 575 U.S. 92 (2015)
• United States v. Carll · 105 U.S. 611 (1882)
• Michigan v. Envtl. Prot. Agency · 576 U.S. 743 (2015)
• Department of Transportation v. Association of American Railroads · 575 U.S. 43 (2015)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)

Cited by

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• Thryv, Inc. v. Click-To-Call Technologies, LP · 590 U.S. 45 (2020)
• McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corp. · 606 U.S. 146 (2025)
• Guerrero-Lasprilla v. Barr · 589 U.S. 221 (2020)
• United States v. Arthrex, Inc. · 594 U.S. 1 (2021)

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