Hanna v. Plumer, Executor

Decided April 26, 1965. Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 171 · 380 U.S. 460 (1965) · Cited 2,853 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Guaranty Trust Co. v. York · 326 U.S. 99 (1945)
• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins · 304 U.S. 64 (1938)
• Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · 337 U.S. 541 (1949)
• Sibbach v. Wilson & Co. · 312 U.S. 1 (1941)
• Ragan v. Merchants Transfer & Warehouse Co. · 337 U.S. 530 (1949)
• Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. · 356 U.S. 525 (1958)
• Schlagenhauf v. Holder · 379 U.S. 104 (1964)
• Mississippi Publishing Corp. v. Murphree · 326 U.S. 438 (1946)
• Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · 313 U.S. 487 (1941)
• Palmer v. Hoffman · 318 U.S. 109 (1943)
• Bernhardt v. Polygraphic Co. of America, Inc. · 350 U.S. 198 (1956)
• National Equipment Rental, Ltd. v. Szukhent · 375 U.S. 311 (1964)
• Dice v. Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad · 342 U.S. 359 (1952)
• Woods v. Interstate Realty Co. · 337 U.S. 535 (1949)
• Black & White Taxicab & Transfer Co. v. Brown & Yellow Taxicab & Transfer Co. · 276 U.S. 518 (1928)
• Herron v. Southern Pacific Co. · 283 U.S. 91 (1931)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Walker v. Armco Steel Corp. · 446 U.S. 740 (1980)
• Stewart Organization, Inc. v. Ricoh Corp. · 487 U.S. 22 (1988)
• Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc. · 518 U.S. 415 (1996)
• Burlington Northern Railroad v. Woods · 480 U.S. 1 (1987)
• Chambers v. Nasco, Inc. · 501 U.S. 32 (1991)
• Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson · 404 U.S. 97 (1971)
• Mistretta v. United States · 488 U.S. 361 (1989)
• Semtek International Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp. · 531 U.S. 497 (2001)
• Moore v. Harper · 600 U.S. 1 (2023)
• Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness Society · 421 U.S. 240 (1975)
• Salve Regina College v. Russell · 499 U.S. 225 (1991)
• Allied-Bruce Terminix Cos., Inc. v. Dobson · 513 U.S. 265 (1995)
• Kamen v. Kemper Financial Services, Inc. · 500 U.S. 90 (1991)
• Budinich v. Becton Dickinson & Co. · 486 U.S. 196 (1988)
• Marek v. Chesny · 473 U.S. 1 (1985)
• Business Guides, Inc. v. Chromatic Communications Enterprises, Inc. · 498 U.S. 533 (1991)
• Willy v. Coastal Corp. · 503 U.S. 131 (1992)
• Henderson v. United States · 517 U.S. 654 (1996)
• Ferens v. John Deere Co. · 494 U.S. 516 (1990)
• Sabri v. United States · 541 U.S. 600 (2004)
• Wallis v. Pan American Petroleum Corp. · 384 U.S. 63 (1966)
• Sun Oil Co. v. Wortman · 486 U.S. 717 (1988)
• Daily Income Fund, Inc. v. Fox · 464 U.S. 523 (1984)
• Donovan v. Penn Shipping Co. · 429 U.S. 648 (1977)
• Frazier v. Heebe · 482 U.S. 641 (1987)

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