Dupree v. Younger
Decided May 25, 2023. Amy Coney Barrett delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 22-210 · 598 U.S. 729 (2023) · Cited 98 times
Holding
A post-trial motion under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 50 is not required to preserve for appellate review a purely legal issue resolved at summary judgment.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 9–0.
Majority · 9
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).
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.
- Ortiz v. Jordan · 562 U.S. 180 (2011)
- Quackenbush v. Allstate Insurance · 517 U.S. 706 (1996)
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · 477 U.S. 242 (1986)
- Mitchell v. Forsyth · 472 U.S. 511 (1985)
- Pullman-Standard v. Swint · 456 U.S. 273 (1982)
- Freytag v. Commissioner · 501 U.S. 868 (1991)
- Richardson-Merrell Inc. v. Koller Ex Rel. Koller · 472 U.S. 424 (1985)
- Unitherm Food Systems, Inc. v. Swift-Eckrich, Inc. · 546 U.S. 394 (2006)
- Cone v. West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co. · 330 U.S. 212 (1947)
- Army and Air Force Exchange Service v. Sheehan · 456 U.S. 728 (1982)
Official text
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