Gary Lawrence v. Florida
Decided February 20, 2007. Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 05-8820 · 549 U.S. 327 (2007) · Cited 1,693 times
Holding
The test this Court applied to predatory-pricing claims in Brooke Group also applies to predatory-bidding claims.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 5
- Clarence Thomas · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy
- Antonin Scalia
- John Glover Roberts Jr.
- Samuel A. Alito Jr.
Dissenting · 4
- David Hackett Souter
- John Paul Stevens
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg · filed a dissenting opinion
- Stephen Gerald Breyer
“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.
- Clay v. United States · 537 U.S. 522 (2003)
- Duncan v. Walker · 533 U.S. 167 (2001)
- Carey v. Saffold · 536 U.S. 214 (2002)
- Fay v. Noia · 372 U.S. 391 (1963)
- County Court of Ulster Cty. v. Allen · 442 U.S. 140 (1979)
- Deck v. Missouri · 544 U.S. 622 (2005)
- Pace v. DiGuglielmo · 544 U.S. 408 (2005)
- Coleman v. Thompson · 501 U.S. 722 (1991)
- O'Sullivan v. Boerckel · 526 U.S. 838 (1999)
- Rhines v. Weber · 544 U.S. 269 (2005)
- Roper v. Simmons · 543 U.S. 551 (2005)
- Felker v. Turpin · 518 U.S. 651 (1996)
- Sanchez-Llamas v. Oregon · 548 U.S. 331 (2006)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Menominee Indian Tribe of Wis. v. United States · 577 U.S. 250 (2016)
- Foster v. Chatman · 578 U.S. 488 (2016)
- Wearry v. Cain · 577 U.S. 385 (2016)
- Jimenez v. Quarterman · 555 U.S. 113 (2009)
- Maples v. Thomas · 565 U.S. 266 (2012)
Official text
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