Grupo Mexicano De Desarrollo, S. a., et al. v. Alliance Bond Fund, Inc., et al.

Decided June 17, 1999. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 98-231 · 527 U.S. 308 (1999) · Cited 621 times

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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.

• Deckert v. Independence Shares Corp. · 311 U.S. 282 (1940)
• De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd. v. United States · 325 U.S. 212 (1945)
• United States v. First National City Bank · 379 U.S. 378 (1965)
• University of Texas v. Camenisch · 451 U.S. 390 (1981)
• Guaranty Trust Co. v. York · 326 U.S. 99 (1945)
• Hollins v. Brierfield Coal & Iron Co. · 150 U.S. 371 (1893)
• Payne v. Hook · 74 U.S. 425 (1869)
• Scott v. Neely · 140 U.S. 106 (1891)
• Pusey & Jones Co. v. Hanssen · 261 U.S. 491 (1923)
• Stainback v. Mo Hock Ke Lok Po · 336 U.S. 368 (1949)
• Atlas Life Insurance v. W. I. Southern, Inc. · 306 U.S. 563 (1939)
• Gordon v. Washington · 295 U.S. 30 (1935)
• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins · 304 U.S. 64 (1938)
• Yakus v. United States · 321 U.S. 414 (1944)
• Doran v. Salem Inn, Inc. · 422 U.S. 922 (1975)
• Hecht Co. v. Bowles · 321 U.S. 321 (1944)
• Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40 · 300 U.S. 515 (1937)
• Freeman v. Pitts · 503 U.S. 467 (1992)
• Liner v. Jafco, Inc. · 375 U.S. 301 (1964)
• Maryland v. United States Tandy Corporation v. United States North American Telephone Association v. United States Illinois v. United States · 460 U.S. 1001 (1983)
• United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · 366 U.S. 316 (1961)
• Smith v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co. · 270 U.S. 587 (1926)
• Watson v. Sutherland · 72 U.S. 74 (1867)

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• Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance v. Knudson · 534 U.S. 204 (2002)
• Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP · 602 U.S. 1 (2024)
• Liu v. SEC. & Exch. Comm'n · 591 U.S. 71 (2020)
• Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson · 595 U.S. 30 (2021)
• Grupo Dataflux v. Atlas Global Group, L. P. · 541 U.S. 567 (2004)
• Trump v. Hawaii · 585 U.S. 667 (2018)
• Vieth v. Jubelirer · 541 U.S. 267 (2004)
• FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine · 602 U.S. 367 (2024)

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