Dot v. Ass'N of Am. R.r.

Decided March 9, 2015. Anthony McLeod Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 13-1080 · 575 U.S. 43 (2015) · Cited 176 times

Holding

For purposes of determining the validity of the metrics and standards, Amtrak is a governmental entity.

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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.

• Whitman v. American Trucking Assns., Inc. · 531 U.S. 457 (2001)
• J. W. Hampton, Jr., & Co. v. United States · 276 U.S. 394 (1928)
• Lebron v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation · 513 U.S. 374 (1995)
• Mistretta v. United States · 488 U.S. 361 (1989)
• Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan · 293 U.S. 388 (1935)
• Edmond v. United States · 520 U.S. 651 (1997)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
• Myers v. United States · 272 U.S. 52 (1926)
• Currin v. Wallace · 306 U.S. 1 (1939)
• Carter v. Carter Coal Co. · 298 U.S. 238 (1936)
• Industrial Union Dept., AFL-CIO v. American Petroleum Institute · 448 U.S. 607 (1980)
• Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority v. Citizens for the Abatement of Aircraft Noise, Inc. · 501 U.S. 252 (1991)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Bennett v. Spear · 520 U.S. 154 (1997)
• United States v. Rock Royal Co-Operative, Inc. · 307 U.S. 533 (1939)
• Ex Parte Bakelite Corp'n. · 279 U.S. 438 (1929)
• Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc. · 528 U.S. 167 (2000)
• Yakus v. United States · 321 U.S. 414 (1944)
• A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States · 295 U.S. 495 (1935)
• Stolt-Nielsen S. A. v. AnimalFeeds International Corp. · 559 U.S. 662 (2010)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Morrison v. Olson · 487 U.S. 654 (1988)
• United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. · 299 U.S. 304 (1936)
• United States v. Grimaud · 220 U.S. 506 (1911)
• Clinton v. City of New York · 524 U.S. 417 (1998)
• American Power & Light Co. v. Securities & Exchange Commission · 329 U.S. 90 (1946)
• Humphrey's v. United States · 295 U.S. 602 (1935)
• National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. · 470 U.S. 451 (1985)
• Loving v. United States · 517 U.S. 748 (1996)
• Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper, Inc. · 556 U.S. 208 (2009)

Cited by

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

• Biden v. Nebraska · 600 U.S. 477 (2023)
• Gundy v. United States · 588 U.S. 128 (2019)
• Kisor v. Wilkie · 588 U.S. 558 (2019)
• Michigan v. Envtl. Prot. Agency · 576 U.S. 743 (2015)
• County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund · 590 U.S. 165 (2020)
• Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee · 579 U.S. 261 (2016)
• West Virginia v. EPA · 597 U.S. 697 (2022)
• Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Bd. of Elections · 580 U.S. 178 (2017)
• Financial Oversight and Management Bd. for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC · 590 U.S. 448 (2020)
• Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · 591 U.S. 197 (2020)
• Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Assn. · 575 U.S. 92 (2015)
• B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc. · 575 U.S. 138 (2015)
• NFIB v. OSHA · 595 U.S. 109 (2022)
• FCC v. Consumers' Research · 606 U.S. 656 (2025)

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