Hartford Fire Insurance Co., et al. v. California et al.

Decided June 28, 1993. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 91-1111 · 509 U.S. 764 (1993) · Cited 496 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.

• St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Barry · 438 U.S. 531 (1978)
• Lauritzen v. Larsen · 345 U.S. 571 (1953)
• Group Life & Health Insurance v. Royal Drug Co. · 440 U.S. 205 (1979)
• United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Assn. · 322 U.S. 533 (1944)
• Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co. · 358 U.S. 354 (1959)
• McCulloch v. Sociedad Nacional De Marineros De Honduras · 372 U.S. 10 (1963)
• Union Labor Life Insurance v. Pireno · 458 U.S. 119 (1982)
• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · 475 U.S. 574 (1986)
• United Mine Workers v. Pennington · 381 U.S. 657 (1965)
• Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp. · 370 U.S. 690 (1962)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. National Securities, Inc. · 393 U.S. 453 (1969)
• Murray v. Schooner Charming Betsy · 6 U.S. 64 (1804)
• Foley Bros., Inc. v. Filardo · 336 U.S. 281 (1949)
• Conley v. Gibson · 355 U.S. 41 (1957)
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Arabian American Oil Co. · 499 U.S. 244 (1991)
• In Re Debs · 158 U.S. 564 (1895)
• United States v. Borden Co. · 308 U.S. 188 (1939)
• Nash v. United States · 229 U.S. 373 (1913)
• Apex Hosiery Co. v. Leader · 310 U.S. 469 (1940)
• Fashion Originators' Guild of America, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission · 312 U.S. 457 (1941)
• McLain v. Real Estate Board of New Orleans, Inc. · 444 U.S. 232 (1980)
• Ford v. United States · 273 U.S. 593 (1926)
• Steele v. Bulova Watch Co. · 344 U.S. 280 (1952)
• United States v. Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. · 321 U.S. 707 (1944)
• Loewe v. Lawlor · 208 U.S. 274 (1908)
• United States v. Bowman · 260 U.S. 94 (1922)
• United States v. Frankfort Distilleries, Inc. · 324 U.S. 293 (1945)
• Weinberger v. Rossi · 456 U.S. 25 (1982)
• Bedford Cut Stone Co. v. Journeymen Stone Cutters' Ass'n · 274 U.S. 37 (1927)
• Paramount Famous Lasky Corp. v. United States · 282 U.S. 30 (1930)

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• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · 550 U.S. 544 (2007)
• F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. v. Empagran S. A. · 542 U.S. 155 (2004)
• Rush Prudential HMO, Inc. v. Moran · 536 U.S. 355 (2002)
• Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd. · 545 U.S. 119 (2005)
• Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd. · 561 U.S. 247 (2010)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Zandford · 535 U.S. 813 (2002)
• Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic Int'l, Inc. · 600 U.S. 412 (2023)

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