Henry Harper, et al. v. Virginia Department of Taxation

Decided June 18, 1993. Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 91-794 · 509 U.S. 86 (1993) · Cited 1,200 times

Holding

The record is insufficient to allow this Court to decide all issues necessary to determine whether the District Courts had jurisdiction.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• Davis v. Michigan Department of the Treasury · 489 U.S. 803 (1989)
• James B. Beam Distilling Co. v. Georgia · 501 U.S. 529 (1991)
• Griffith v. Kentucky · 479 U.S. 314 (1987)
• American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Smith · 496 U.S. 167 (1990)
• Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson · 404 U.S. 97 (1971)
• Teague v. Lane · 489 U.S. 288 (1989)
• McKesson Corp. v. Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, Fla. Dept. of Business Regulation · 496 U.S. 18 (1990)
• Linkletter v. Walker · 381 U.S. 618 (1965)
• Brecht v. Abrahamson · 507 U.S. 619 (1993)
• Arizona Governing Committee for Tax Deferred Annuity & Deferred Compensation Plans v. Norris · 463 U.S. 1073 (1983)
• Cipriano v. City of Houma · 395 U.S. 701 (1969)
• American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Scheiner · 483 U.S. 266 (1987)
• Miranda v. Arizona · 384 U.S. 436 (1966)
• Chapman v. California · 386 U.S. 18 (1967)
• Mapp v. Ohio · 367 U.S. 643 (1961)
• Stovall v. Denno · 388 U.S. 293 (1967)
• Desist v. United States · 394 U.S. 244 (1969)
• Arizona v. Roberson · 486 U.S. 675 (1988)
• MacKey v. United States · 401 U.S. 667 (1971)
• Hanover Shoe, Inc. v. United Shoe MacHinery Corp. · 392 U.S. 481 (1968)
• Great Northern Railway Co. v. Sunburst Oil & Refining Co. · 287 U.S. 358 (1932)
• James v. United States · 366 U.S. 213 (1961)
• City of Los Angeles Department of Water v. Manhart · 435 U.S. 702 (1978)
• Butler v. McKellar · 494 U.S. 407 (1990)
• City of Phoenix v. Kolodziejski · 399 U.S. 204 (1970)
• Kuhn v. Fairmont Coal Co. · 215 U.S. 349 (1910)
• United States v. Estate of Donnelly · 397 U.S. 286 (1970)
• Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · 403 U.S. 388 (1971)
• Katz v. United States · 389 U.S. 347 (1967)
• United States v. Wade · 388 U.S. 218 (1967)

Cited by

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• Danforth v. Minnesota · 552 U.S. 264 (2008)
• Reynoldsville Casket Co. v. Hyde · 514 U.S. 749 (1995)
• Reich v. Collins · 513 U.S. 106 (1994)
• United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC · 602 U.S. 487 (2024)
• George v. McDonough · 596 U.S. 740 (2022)
• United States v. Booker · 543 U.S. 220 (2005)
• Landgraf v. USI Film Products · 511 U.S. 244 (1994)
• Gonzalez v. Crosby · 545 U.S. 524 (2005)
• Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc. · 514 U.S. 211 (1995)
• Rivers v. Roadway Express, Inc. · 511 U.S. 298 (1994)
• Unitherm Food Systems, Inc. v. Swift-Eckrich, Inc. · 546 U.S. 394 (2006)
• Ryder v. United States · 515 U.S. 177 (1995)
• National Private Truck Council, Inc. v. Oklahoma Tax Comm'n · 515 U.S. 582 (1995)

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