Eastman Kodak Company v. Image Technical Services, Inc., et al.

Decided June 8, 1992. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 90-1029 · 504 U.S. 451 (1992) · Cited 1,717 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2 v. Hyde · 466 U.S. 2 (1984)
• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · 475 U.S. 574 (1986)
• United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · 351 U.S. 377 (1956)
• United States v. Grinnell Corp. · 384 U.S. 563 (1966)
• Continental T. v. Inc. v. GTE Sylvania Inc. · 433 U.S. 36 (1977)
• Fortner Enterprises, Inc. v. United States Steel Corp. · 394 U.S. 495 (1969)
• Arizona v. Maricopa County Medical Society · 457 U.S. 332 (1982)
• International Business MacHines Corp. v. United States · 298 U.S. 131 (1936)
• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · 477 U.S. 242 (1986)
• Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United States · 356 U.S. 1 (1958)
• Times-Picayune Publishing Co. v. United States · 345 U.S. 594 (1953)
• National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma · 468 U.S. 85 (1984)
• International Salt Co. v. United States · 332 U.S. 392 (1947)
• Aspen Skiing Co. v. Aspen Highlands Skiing Corp. · 472 U.S. 585 (1985)
• Monsanto Co. v. Spray-Rite Service Corp. · 465 U.S. 752 (1984)
• International Boxing Club of New York, Inc. v. United States · 358 U.S. 242 (1959)
• City of Oklahoma v. Tuttle · 471 U.S. 808 (1985)
• Business Electronics Corp. v. Sharp Electronics Corp. · 485 U.S. 717 (1988)
• United Shoe MacHinery Corp. v. United States · 258 U.S. 451 (1922)
• United States v. Diebold, Inc. · 369 U.S. 654 (1962)
• First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co. · 391 U.S. 253 (1968)
• Patterson v. McLean Credit Union · 491 U.S. 164 (1989)
• Brown Shoe Co. v. United States · 370 U.S. 294 (1962)
• American Tobacco Co. v. United States · 328 U.S. 781 (1946)
• Yee v. City of Escondido · 503 U.S. 519 (1992)
• Walker Process Equipment, Inc. v. Food MacHinery & Chemical Corp. · 382 U.S. 172 (1965)
• Eastman Kodak Co. v. Southern Photo Materials Co. · 273 U.S. 359 (1927)
• United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. · 334 U.S. 131 (1948)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Indiana Federation of Dentists · 476 U.S. 447 (1986)
• Free v. Bland · 369 U.S. 663 (1962)

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• Ohio v. American Express Co. · 585 U.S. 529 (2018)
• Lockhart v. Fretwell · 506 U.S. 364 (1993)
• Waters v. Churchill · 511 U.S. 661 (1994)
• United States v. Winstar Corp. · 518 U.S. 839 (1996)
• Brooke Group Ltd. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. · 509 U.S. 209 (1993)
• Ragsdale v. Wolverine World Wide, Inc. · 535 U.S. 81 (2002)

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