Green v. Brennan

Decided May 23, 2016. Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 14-613 · 578 U.S. 547 (2016) · Cited 642 times

Holding

Appellants lack standing to pursue this appeal.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–1.

“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.

• Pennsylvania State Police v. Suders · 542 U.S. 129 (2004)
• National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Morgan · 536 U.S. 101 (2002)
• Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc. · 550 U.S. 618 (2007)
• Delaware State College v. Ricks · 449 U.S. 250 (1980)
• United Air Lines, Inc. v. Evans · 431 U.S. 553 (1977)
• Chardon v. Fernandez · 454 U.S. 6 (1981)
• Staub v. Proctor Hospital · 562 U.S. 411 (2011)
• Lorance v. At&t Technologies, Inc. · 490 U.S. 900 (1989)
• Graham County Soil & Water Conservation District v. United States Ex Rel. Wilson · 545 U.S. 409 (2005)
• St. Mary's Honor Center v. Hicks · 509 U.S. 502 (1993)
• Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · 455 U.S. 385 (1982)
• BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore · 517 U.S. 559 (1996)
• Watson v. Fort Worth Bank & Trust · 487 U.S. 977 (1988)
• Mastrobuono v. Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc. · 514 U.S. 52 (1995)
• Reiter v. Cooper · 507 U.S. 258 (1993)
• Dodd v. United States · 545 U.S. 353 (2005)
• Bay Area Laundry & Dry Cleaning Pension Trust Fund v. Ferbar Corp. of California, Inc. · 522 U.S. 192 (1997)
• Gomez-Perez v. Potter · 553 U.S. 474 (2008)
• Asgrow Seed Co. v. Winterboer · 513 U.S. 179 (1995)
• Lewis v. City of Chicago · 560 U.S. 205 (2010)
• McNeill v. United States · 563 U.S. 816 (2011)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)

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• Kisor v. Wilkie · 588 U.S. 558 (2019)

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