Georgia v. Public Resource.Org, Inc.

Decided April 27, 2020. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 18-1150 · 590 U.S. 255 (2020) · Cited 43 times

Holding

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• Wheaton and Donaldson v. Peters and Grigg · 33 U.S. 591 (1834)
• Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC · 576 U.S. 466 (2015)
• Eldred v. Ashcroft · 537 U.S. 186 (2003)
• Skidmore v. Swift & Co. · 323 U.S. 134 (1944)
• Massachusetts v. Mellon · 262 U.S. 447 (1923)
• Helsinn Healthcare S. A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. · 586 U.S. 123 (2019)
• Estelle v. Gamble · 429 U.S. 97 (1976)
• Katz v. United States · 389 U.S. 347 (1967)
• St. Mary's Honor Center v. Hicks · 509 U.S. 502 (1993)
• Ring v. Arizona · 536 U.S. 584 (2002)
• Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co. · 499 U.S. 340 (1991)
• Trop v. Dulles · 356 U.S. 86 (1958)
• Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer · 343 U.S. 579 (1952)
• Lawrence v. Texas · 539 U.S. 558 (2003)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enterprises · 471 U.S. 539 (1985)
• United States Railroad Retirement Board v. Fritz · 449 U.S. 166 (1980)
• Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. · 464 U.S. 417 (1984)
• Bowers v. Hardwick · 478 U.S. 186 (1986)
• Nevada v. Hall · 440 U.S. 410 (1979)
• Illinois v. Lidster · 540 U.S. 419 (2004)
• United States v. Yermian · 468 U.S. 63 (1984)
• Lemon v. Kurtzman · 403 U.S. 602 (1971)
• Cohens v. Virginia · 19 U.S. 264 (1821)
• Reiter v. Sonotone Corp. · 442 U.S. 330 (1979)
• Shapiro v. United States · 335 U.S. 1 (1948)
• Rimini Street, Inc. v. Oracle USA, Inc. · 586 U.S. 334 (2019)
• Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. · 579 U.S. 197 (2016)
• Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Hyatt · 587 U.S. 230 (2019)
• State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Rigsby · 580 U.S. 26 (2016)

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