Genesis Healthcare Corporation, et al., Petitioners v. Laura Symczyk

Decided April 16, 2013. Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 11-1059 · 569 U.S. 66 (2013) · Cited 1,227 times

Holding

Because respondent had no personal interest in representing putative, unnamed claimants, nor any other continuing interest that would preserve her suit from mootness, her suit was appropriately dismissed for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.

How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• Deposit Guaranty National Bank v. Roper · 445 U.S. 326 (1980)
• United States Parole Commission v. Geraghty · 445 U.S. 388 (1980)
• Sosna v. Iowa · 419 U.S. 393 (1975)
• County of Riverside v. McLaughlin · 500 U.S. 44 (1991)
• Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. v. Sperling · 493 U.S. 165 (1989)
• Gerstein v. Pugh · 420 U.S. 103 (1975)
• Lewis v. Continental Bank Corp. · 494 U.S. 472 (1990)
• Swisher v. Brady · 438 U.S. 204 (1978)
• Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · 454 U.S. 464 (1982)
• Spencer v. Kemna · 523 U.S. 1 (1998)
• Summers v. Earth Island Institute · 555 U.S. 488 (2009)
• Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona · 520 U.S. 43 (1997)
• Baldwin v. Reese · 541 U.S. 27 (2004)
• Ohio v. Robinette · 519 U.S. 33 (1996)
• Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston · 469 U.S. 111 (1985)
• Preiser v. Newkirk · 422 U.S. 395 (1975)
• Chafin v. Chafin · 568 U.S. 165 (2013)
• Marek v. Chesny · 473 U.S. 1 (1985)
• Lebron v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation · 513 U.S. 374 (1995)
• Liverpool, New York & Philadelphia Steamship Co. v. Commissioners of Emigration · 113 U.S. 33 (1885)
• Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. County of Kent · 510 U.S. 355 (1994)
• Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway v. Columbus Rolling Mill · 119 U.S. 149 (1886)
• Vance v. Terrazas · 444 U.S. 252 (1980)
• Comcast Corp. v. Behrend · 569 U.S. 27 (2013)
• Camreta v. Greene · 563 U.S. 692 (2011)

Cited by

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

• United States v. Sanchez-Gomez · 584 U.S. 381 (2018)
• Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez · 577 U.S. 153 (2016)
• Nielsen v. Preap · 586 U.S. 392 (2019)
• Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo · 577 U.S. 442 (2016)
• Moore v. Harper · 600 U.S. 1 (2023)
• West Virginia v. EPA · 597 U.S. 697 (2022)
• Houston Community College System v. Wilson · 595 U.S. 468 (2022)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2013). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).