Hoffman, Trustee v. Connecticut Department of Income Maintenance et al.

Decided June 23, 1989. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 88-412 · 492 U.S. 96 (1989) · Cited 338 times

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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.

• Pennsylvania v. Union Gas Co. · 491 U.S. 1 (1989)
• Dellmuth v. Muth · 491 U.S. 223 (1989)
• Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlon · 473 U.S. 234 (1985)
• United States v. Whiting Pools, Inc. · 462 U.S. 198 (1983)
• Welch v. Texas Department of Highways & Public Transportation · 483 U.S. 468 (1987)
• Larson v. Domestic and Foreign Commerce Corp. · 337 U.S. 682 (1949)
• Missouri v. Jenkins Ex Rel. Agyei · 491 U.S. 274 (1989)
• Kelly v. Robinson · 479 U.S. 36 (1986)
• United States v. Menasche · 348 U.S. 528 (1955)
• Finley v. United States · 490 U.S. 545 (1989)
• Employees of Department of Public Health v. Department of Public Health · 411 U.S. 279 (1973)
• Montclair v. Ramsdell · 107 U.S. 147 (1883)
• Great Northern Life Insurance Co. v. Read · 322 U.S. 47 (1944)
• United States v. Yellow Cab Co. · 340 U.S. 543 (1951)
• Block v. Neal · 460 U.S. 289 (1983)

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• Central Virginia Community College v. Katz · 546 U.S. 356 (2006)
• United States v. Nordic Village, Inc. · 503 U.S. 30 (1992)
• Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida · 517 U.S. 44 (1996)
• Wyeth v. Levine · 555 U.S. 555 (2009)
• Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States Ex Rel. Stevens · 529 U.S. 765 (2000)
• Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Coughlin · 599 U.S. 382 (2023)
• Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation v. Hood · 541 U.S. 440 (2004)
• United States v. Miller · 604 U.S. 518 (2025)

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