Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation v. Mayacamas Corporation

Decided March 22, 1988. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 86-1329 · 485 U.S. 271 (1988) · Cited 1,035 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

“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.

• Enelow v. New York Life Insurance · 293 U.S. 379 (1935)
• Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · 337 U.S. 541 (1949)
• Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp. · 460 U.S. 1 (1983)
• Ettelson v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 317 U.S. 188 (1943)
• Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay · 437 U.S. 463 (1978)
• Baltimore Contractors, Inc. v. Bodinger · 348 U.S. 176 (1955)
• Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States · 424 U.S. 800 (1976)
• City of Morgantown v. Royal Insurance · 337 U.S. 254 (1949)
• Kerr v. United States Dist. Court for Northern Dist. of Cal. · 426 U.S. 394 (1976)
• Catlin v. United States · 324 U.S. 229 (1945)
• Beacon Theatres, Inc. v. Westover · 359 U.S. 500 (1959)
• Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Risjord · 449 U.S. 368 (1981)
• Cobbledick v. United States · 309 U.S. 323 (1940)
• Will v. United States · 389 U.S. 90 (1967)
• Roche v. Evaporated Milk Assn. · 319 U.S. 21 (1943)
• Nixon v. Fitzgerald · 457 U.S. 731 (1982)
• Carson v. American Brands, Inc. · 450 U.S. 79 (1981)
• Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Holland · 346 U.S. 379 (1953)
• Richardson-Merrell Inc. v. Koller Ex Rel. Koller · 472 U.S. 424 (1985)
• De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd. v. United States · 325 U.S. 212 (1945)
• Switzerland Cheese Assn., Inc. v. E. Horne's Market, Inc. · 385 U.S. 23 (1966)
• Shanferoke Coal & Supply Corp. v. Westchester Service Corp. · 293 U.S. 449 (1935)
• Arizona v. San Carlos Apache Tribe of Ariz. · 463 U.S. 545 (1983)

Cited by

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• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · 550 U.S. 544 (2007)
• Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community · 572 U.S. 782 (2014)
• Abbott v. Perez · 585 U.S. 579 (2018)
• SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Products, LLC · 580 U.S. 328 (2017)
• Behrens v. Pelletier · 516 U.S. 299 (1996)
• Cheney v. United States District Court for District of Columbia · 542 U.S. 367 (2004)
• Lauro Lines S.R.L. v. Chasser · 490 U.S. 495 (1989)
• Nken v. Holder · 556 U.S. 418 (2009)
• Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization · 597 U.S. 215 (2022)
• Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo · 603 U.S. 369 (2024)
• United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation · 564 U.S. 162 (2011)

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