Green Tree Financial Corp., Nka Conseco Finance Corp. v. Lynn W. Bazzle et al., in a Representative Capacity on Behalf of a Class and for All Others Similarly Situated, et al.

Decided June 23, 2003. Stephen Gerald Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 02-634 · 539 U.S. 444 (2003) · Cited 523 times

Holding

The judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded.

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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.

• Volt Info. Sciences, Inc. v. Bd. of Trustees of Leland Stanford Jr. U. · 489 U.S. 468 (1989)
• Howsam v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. · 537 U.S. 79 (2002)
• First Options of Chicago, Inc. v. Kaplan · 514 U.S. 938 (1995)
• Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc. · 473 U.S. 614 (1985)
• John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. Livingston · 376 U.S. 543 (1964)
• Doctor's Associates, Inc. v. Casarotto · 517 U.S. 681 (1996)
• Allied-Bruce Terminix Cos., Inc. v. Dobson · 513 U.S. 265 (1995)
• Mastrobuono v. Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc. · 514 U.S. 52 (1995)
• At&T Technologies, Inc. v. Communications Workers · 475 U.S. 643 (1986)
• Hines v. Davidowitz · 312 U.S. 52 (1941)
• Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. v. Byrd · 470 U.S. 213 (1985)
• Screws v. United States · 325 U.S. 91 (1945)
• Scherk v. Alberto-Culver Co. · 417 U.S. 506 (1974)
• Major League Baseball Players Assn. v. Garvey · 532 U.S. 504 (2001)

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• Preston v. Ferrer · 552 U.S. 346 (2008)
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• Buckeye Check Cashing, Inc. v. Cardegna · 546 U.S. 440 (2006)
• Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis · 584 U.S. 497 (2018)
• Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter · 569 U.S. 564 (2013)
• Kindred Nursing Centers, L. P. v. Clark · 581 U.S. 246 (2017)

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