Hollingsworth v. Perry

Decided June 26, 2013. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 12-144 · 570 U.S. 693 (2013) · Cited 967 times

Holding

Petitioners did not have standing to appeal the District Court’s order.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.

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.

• Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona · 520 U.S. 43 (1997)
• Karcher v. May · 484 U.S. 72 (1987)
• Diamond v. Charles · 476 U.S. 54 (1986)
• Young v. United States Ex Rel. Vuitton Et Fils S. A. · 481 U.S. 787 (1987)
• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · 504 U.S. 555 (1992)
• United States v. Providence Journal Co. · 485 U.S. 693 (1988)
• Allen v. Wright · 468 U.S. 737 (1984)
• Powers v. Ohio · 499 U.S. 400 (1991)
• Whitmore Ex Rel. Simmons v. Arkansas · 495 U.S. 149 (1990)
• Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States Ex Rel. Stevens · 529 U.S. 765 (2000)
• Maine v. Taylor · 477 U.S. 131 (1986)
• Gollust v. Mendell · 501 U.S. 115 (1991)
• Lance v. Coffman · 549 U.S. 437 (2007)
• Romer v. Evans · 517 U.S. 620 (1996)
• Flast v. Cohen · 392 U.S. 83 (1968)
• DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Cuno · 547 U.S. 332 (2006)
• Raines v. Byrd · 521 U.S. 811 (1997)
• Massachusetts v. Mellon · 262 U.S. 447 (1923)
• Gregory v. Ashcroft · 501 U.S. 452 (1991)
• Sweezy v. New Hampshire Ex Rel. Wyman · 354 U.S. 234 (1957)
• Wisconsin v. Mitchell · 508 U.S. 476 (1993)
• Clapper v. Amnesty International USA · 568 U.S. 398 (2013)
• Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc. · 568 U.S. 85 (2013)

Cited by

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• Thole v. U. S. Bank N. A. · 590 U.S. 538 (2020)
• Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill · 587 U.S. 658 (2019)
• Carney v. Adams · 592 U.S. 53 (2020)
• Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP · 597 U.S. 179 (2022)
• FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine · 602 U.S. 367 (2024)
• California v. Texas · 593 U.S. 659 (2021)
• Gutierrez v. Saenz · 606 U.S. 305 (2025)
• Trump v. Hawaii · 585 U.S. 667 (2018)
• Gill v. Whitford · 585 U.S. 48 (2018)
• United States v. Texas · 599 U.S. 670 (2023)
• Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana · 596 U.S. 639 (2022)
• Trump v. New York · 592 U.S. 125 (2020)
• West Virginia v. EPA · 597 U.S. 697 (2022)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2013). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).