Hazen Paper Company, et al. v. Walter F. Biggins

Decided April 20, 1993. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 91-1600 · 507 U.S. 604 (1993) · Cited 1,653 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston · 469 U.S. 111 (1985)
• McLaughlin v. Richland Shoe Co. · 486 U.S. 128 (1988)
• Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · 450 U.S. 248 (1981)
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · 431 U.S. 324 (1977)
• United States Postal Service Board of Governors v. Aikens · 460 U.S. 711 (1983)
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Wyoming · 460 U.S. 226 (1983)
• McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · 411 U.S. 792 (1973)
• Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · 470 U.S. 564 (1985)
• Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters · 438 U.S. 567 (1978)
• Ingersoll-Rand Co. v. McClendon · 498 U.S. 133 (1990)
• City of Los Angeles Department of Water v. Manhart · 435 U.S. 702 (1978)
• Western Air Lines, Inc. v. Criswell · 472 U.S. 400 (1985)

Cited by

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

• Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc. · 557 U.S. 167 (2009)
• Smith v. City of Jackson · 544 U.S. 228 (2005)
• Kolstad v. American Dental Assn. · 527 U.S. 526 (1999)
• General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc. v. Cline · 540 U.S. 581 (2004)
• Raytheon Co. v. Hernandez · 540 U.S. 44 (2003)
• Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. · 530 U.S. 133 (2000)
• Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents · 528 U.S. 62 (2000)
• Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education · 544 U.S. 167 (2005)

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