Daimlerchrysler Corporation v. Charlotte Cuno et al.

Decided May 15, 2006. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 04-1704 · 547 U.S. 332 (2006) · Cited 2,657 times

Holding

Plaintiffs have not established their standing to challenge the state franchise tax credit.

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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.

• Flast v. Cohen · 392 U.S. 83 (1968)
• United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · 383 U.S. 715 (1966)
• Massachusetts v. Mellon · 262 U.S. 447 (1923)
• Doremus v. Board of Ed. of Hawthorne · 342 U.S. 429 (1952)
• Allen v. Wright · 468 U.S. 737 (1984)
• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · 504 U.S. 555 (1992)
• Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · 454 U.S. 464 (1982)
• Lewis v. Casey · 518 U.S. 343 (1996)
• Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization · 426 U.S. 26 (1976)
• Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc. · 528 U.S. 167 (2000)
• Asarco Inc. v. Kadish · 490 U.S. 605 (1989)
• Warth v. Seldin · 422 U.S. 490 (1975)
• City of Los Angeles v. Lyons · 461 U.S. 95 (1983)
• Whitmore Ex Rel. Simmons v. Arkansas · 495 U.S. 149 (1990)
• Bowen v. Kendrick · 487 U.S. 589 (1988)
• Sierra Club v. Morton · 405 U.S. 727 (1972)
• Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Services, Inc. · 545 U.S. 546 (2005)
• Owen Equipment & Erection Co. v. Kroger · 437 U.S. 365 (1978)
• Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona · 520 U.S. 43 (1997)
• Raines v. Byrd · 521 U.S. 811 (1997)
• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke · 438 U.S. 265 (1978)
• Schlesinger v. Reservists Committee to Stop the War · 418 U.S. 208 (1974)
• Laird v. Tatum · 408 U.S. 1 (1972)
• National Park Hospitality Association v. Department of the Interior · 538 U.S. 803 (2003)
• Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow · 542 U.S. 1 (2004)
• United States v. Richardson · 418 U.S. 166 (1974)
• Finley v. United States · 490 U.S. 545 (1989)
• Renne v. Geary · 501 U.S. 312 (1991)
• Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland · 481 U.S. 221 (1987)
• Alabama Power Co. v. Ickes · 302 U.S. 464 (1938)

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• Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins · 578 U.S. 330 (2016)
• Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency · 549 U.S. 497 (2007)
• Town of Chester v. Laroe Estates, Inc. · 581 U.S. 433 (2017)
• Gill v. Whitford · 585 U.S. 48 (2018)
• Reyes Mata v. Lynch · 576 U.S. 143 (2015)
• Lexmark Int'l, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc. · 572 U.S. 118 (2014)
• Davis v. Federal Election Commission · 554 U.S. 724 (2008)
• Hollingsworth v. Perry · 570 U.S. 693 (2013)
• Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez · 577 U.S. 153 (2016)
• Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms · 561 U.S. 139 (2010)
• Rucho v. Common Cause · 588 U.S. 684 (2019)
• Frank v. Gaos · 586 U.S. 485 (2019)
• North Carolina v. Covington · 585 U.S. 969 (2018)
• Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc. · 568 U.S. 85 (2013)
• Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski · 592 U.S. 279 (2021)
• Lance v. Coffman · 549 U.S. 437 (2007)
• United States v. Denedo · 556 U.S. 904 (2009)
• Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn. · 584 U.S. 453 (2018)
• Zivotofsky Ex Rel. Zivotofsky v. Clinton · 566 U.S. 189 (2012)
• Trump v. New York · 592 U.S. 125 (2020)
• Murthy v. Missouri · 603 U.S. 43 (2024)
• Moody v. NetChoice, LLC · 603 U.S. 707 (2024)
• Collins v. Yellen · 594 U.S. 220 (2021)
• Department of Education v. Brown · 600 U.S. 551 (2023)
• Federal Election Comm'n v. Ted Cruz · 596 U.S. 289 (2022)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2006). 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).