Dan Morales, Attorney General of Texas v. Trans World Airlines, Inc., et al.

Decided June 1, 1992. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 90-1604 · 504 U.S. 374 (1992) · Cited 1,837 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–3.

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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.

• Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. · 463 U.S. 85 (1983)
• Younger v. Harris · 401 U.S. 37 (1971)
• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Massachusetts · 471 U.S. 724 (1985)
• Ingersoll-Rand Co. v. McClendon · 498 U.S. 133 (1990)
• Bates v. State Bar of Arizona · 433 U.S. 350 (1977)
• FMC Corp. v. Holliday · 498 U.S. 52 (1990)
• Nader v. Allegheny Airlines, Inc. · 426 U.S. 290 (1976)
• O'Shea v. Littleton · 414 U.S. 488 (1974)
• Pilot Life Insurance v. Dedeaux · 481 U.S. 41 (1987)
• Alessi v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. · 451 U.S. 504 (1981)
• Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Construction Laborers Vacation Trust for Southern Cal. · 463 U.S. 1 (1983)
• Middlesex County Ethics Committee v. Garden State Bar Ass'n · 457 U.S. 423 (1982)
• Crawford Fitting Co. v. J. T. Gibbons, Inc. · 482 U.S. 437 (1987)
• Public Serv. Comm'n of Utah v. Wycoff Co. · 344 U.S. 237 (1952)
• MacKey v. Lanier Collection Agency & Service, Inc. · 486 U.S. 825 (1988)
• Park 'N Fly, Inc. v. Dollar Park & Fly, Inc. · 469 U.S. 189 (1985)
• National Society of Professional Engineers v. United States · 435 U.S. 679 (1978)
• Trainor v. Hernandez · 431 U.S. 434 (1977)
• International Paper Co. v. Ouellette · 479 U.S. 481 (1987)
• Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · 431 U.S. 471 (1977)
• Harrison v. PPG Industries, Inc. · 446 U.S. 578 (1980)
• Brown v. Hotel & Restaurant Employees & Bartenders International Union Local 54 · 468 U.S. 491 (1984)

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• Dan's City Used Cars, Inc. v. Pelkey · 569 U.S. 251 (2013)
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• Coventry Health Care of Mo., Inc. v. Nevils · 581 U.S. 87 (2017)
• R. A. v. v. City of St. Paul · 505 U.S. 377 (1992)
• Powerex Corp. v. Reliant Energy Services, Inc. · 551 U.S. 224 (2007)
• Mellouli v. Lynch · 575 U.S. 798 (2015)
• Maracich v. Spears · 570 U.S. 48 (2013)
• Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Ariz., Inc. · 570 U.S. 1 (2013)
• Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc. · 505 U.S. 504 (1992)
• Varity Corp. v. Howe · 516 U.S. 489 (1996)
• Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn. · 584 U.S. 453 (2018)
• Almendarez-Torres v. United States · 523 U.S. 224 (1998)
• Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial Dist. · 592 U.S. 351 (2021)
• CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Easterwood · 507 U.S. 658 (1993)
• California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement v. Dillingham Construction, N. A. · 519 U.S. 316 (1997)
• Egelhoff v. Egelhoff Ex Rel. Breiner · 532 U.S. 141 (2001)
• Barnett Bank of Marion County, N. A. v. Nelson · 517 U.S. 25 (1996)
• Radlax Gateway Hotel, LLC v. Amalgamated Bank · 566 U.S. 639 (2012)
• LOCKHEED CORP. Et Al. v. SPINK · 517 U.S. 882 (1996)
• United States v. Locke · 529 U.S. 89 (2000)
• District of Columbia v. Greater Washington Board of Trade · 506 U.S. 125 (1992)
• Long Island Care at Home, Ltd. v. Coke · 551 U.S. 158 (2007)
• Lamar, Archer & Cofrin, LLP v. Appling · 584 U.S. 709 (2018)
• Koons Buick Pontiac GMC, Inc. v. Nigh · 543 U.S. 50 (2004)
• Miller v. Albright · 523 U.S. 420 (1998)
• South Dakota v. Yankton Sioux Tribe · 522 U.S. 329 (1998)
• California Dental Ass'n v. Federal Trade Commission · 526 U.S. 756 (1999)

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