Hoover et al. v. Ronwin et al.

Decided May 14, 1984. Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 82-1474 · 466 U.S. 558 (1984) · Cited 307 times

Holding

The District Court properly dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim on which relief could be granted.

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 4–3.

“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.

• Parker v. Brown · 317 U.S. 341 (1943)
• Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar · 421 U.S. 773 (1975)
• Bates v. State Bar of Arizona · 433 U.S. 350 (1977)
• Community Communications Co. v. City of Boulder · 455 U.S. 40 (1982)
• City of Lafayette v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. · 435 U.S. 389 (1978)
• California Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc. · 445 U.S. 97 (1980)
• Cantor v. Detroit Edison Co. · 428 U.S. 579 (1976)
• New Motor Vehicle Bd. of Cal. v. Orrin W. Fox Co. · 439 U.S. 96 (1978)
• Scheuer v. Rhodes · 416 U.S. 232 (1974)
• Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc. · 365 U.S. 127 (1961)
• California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited · 404 U.S. 508 (1972)
• National Society of Professional Engineers v. United States · 435 U.S. 679 (1978)
• Arizona v. Maricopa County Medical Society · 457 U.S. 332 (1982)
• Conley v. Gibson · 355 U.S. 41 (1957)
• Harlow v. Fitzgerald · 457 U.S. 800 (1982)
• Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · 398 U.S. 144 (1970)
• Hughes v. Rowe · 449 U.S. 5 (1980)
• Jenkins v. McKeithen · 395 U.S. 411 (1969)
• Cruz v. Beto · 405 U.S. 319 (1972)
• Hospital Building Co. v. Trustees of Rex Hospital · 425 U.S. 738 (1976)
• United Mine Workers v. Pennington · 381 U.S. 657 (1965)
• Walker Process Equipment, Inc. v. Food MacHinery & Chemical Corp. · 382 U.S. 172 (1965)
• Lake Country Estates, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency · 440 U.S. 391 (1979)
• Silver v. New York Stock Exchange · 373 U.S. 341 (1963)
• Fashion Originators' Guild of America, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission · 312 U.S. 457 (1941)
• In Re Griffiths · 413 U.S. 717 (1973)
• McLain v. Real Estate Board of New Orleans, Inc. · 444 U.S. 232 (1980)
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Inc. v. Hydrolevel Corp. · 456 U.S. 556 (1982)
• American Medical Assn. v. United States · 317 U.S. 519 (1943)

Cited by

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

• City of Columbia v. Omni Outdoor Advertising, Inc. · 499 U.S. 365 (1991)
• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · 550 U.S. 544 (2007)
• National Collegiate Athletic Assn. v. Tarkanian · 488 U.S. 179 (1988)
• Hudson v. Palmer · 468 U.S. 517 (1984)
• Air France v. Saks · 470 U.S. 392 (1985)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1984). 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).