Granfinanciera, S. a., et al. v. Nordberg, Creditor Trustee for the Estate of Chase & Sanborn Corp., Fka, General Coffee Corp.

Decided June 23, 1989. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 87-1716 · 492 U.S. 33 (1989) · Cited 1,582 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.

• Katchen v. Landy · 382 U.S. 323 (1966)
• Atlas Roofing Co. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Comm'n · 430 U.S. 442 (1977)
• Schoenthal v. Irving Trust Co. · 287 U.S. 92 (1932)
• Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. · 458 U.S. 50 (1982)
• Thomas v. Union Carbide Agricultural Products Co. · 473 U.S. 568 (1985)
• Den Ex Dem. Murray v. Hoboken Land & Improvement Co. · 59 U.S. 272 (1856)
• Pernell v. Southall Realty · 416 U.S. 363 (1974)
• Crowell v. Benson · 285 U.S. 22 (1932)
• Curtis v. Loether · 415 U.S. 189 (1974)
• Tull v. United States · 481 U.S. 412 (1987)
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Schor · 478 U.S. 833 (1986)
• Whitehead v. Shattuck · 138 U.S. 146 (1891)
• Ex Parte Bakelite Corp'n. · 279 U.S. 438 (1929)
• Dairy Queen, Inc. v. Wood · 369 U.S. 469 (1962)
• Ross v. Bernhard · 396 U.S. 531 (1970)
• Porter v. Warner Holding Co. · 328 U.S. 395 (1946)
• Barton v. Barbour · 104 U.S. 126 (1881)
• Parsons v. Bedford, Breedlove, & Robeson · 28 U.S. 433 (1830)
• Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody · 422 U.S. 405 (1975)
• Mistretta v. United States · 488 U.S. 361 (1989)
• Pepper v. Litton · 308 U.S. 295 (1939)
• Heckler v. Campbell · 461 U.S. 458 (1983)
• Gaines v. Miller · 111 U.S. 395 (1884)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
• Local Loan Co. v. Hunt · 292 U.S. 234 (1934)
• Beacon Theatres, Inc. v. Westover · 359 U.S. 500 (1959)
• Bowen v. Massachusetts · 487 U.S. 879 (1988)
• Morrison v. Olson · 487 U.S. 654 (1988)
• United States v. New York Telephone Co. · 434 U.S. 159 (1977)
• Bowsher v. Synar · 478 U.S. 714 (1986)

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• Feltner v. Columbia Pictures Television, Inc. · 523 U.S. 340 (1998)
• City of Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes at Monterey, Ltd. · 526 U.S. 687 (1999)
• 14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett · 556 U.S. 247 (2009)
• Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC · 584 U.S. 325 (2018)
• Sullivan v. Louisiana · 508 U.S. 275 (1993)
• McCleskey v. Zant · 499 U.S. 467 (1991)
• MARKMAN Et Al. v. WESTVIEW INSTRUMENTS, INC., Et Al. · 517 U.S. 370 (1996)
• Citizens Bank of Md. v. Strumpf · 516 U.S. 16 (1995)
• Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Reilly · 533 U.S. 525 (2001)
• Lytle v. Household Manufacturing, Inc. · 494 U.S. 545 (1990)
• United States v. Alvarez-Sanchez · 511 U.S. 350 (1994)
• Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. FTC · 598 U.S. 175 (2023)
• Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez, Alaska · 557 U.S. 1 (2009)
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