Insurance Corporation of Ireland, Ltd., et al. v. Compagnie Des Bauxites De Guinee

Decided June 1, 1982. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 81-440 · 456 U.S. 694 (1982) · Cited 3,488 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson · 444 U.S. 286 (1980)
• Hammond Packing Co. v. Arkansas · 212 U.S. 322 (1909)
• Hanson v. Denckla · 357 U.S. 235 (1958)
• McDonald v. Mabee · 243 U.S. 90 (1917)
• International Shoe Co. v. Washington · 326 U.S. 310 (1945)
• Societe Internationale Pour Participations Industrielles Et Commerciales, S. A. v. Rogers · 357 U.S. 197 (1958)
• Stoll v. Gottlieb · 305 U.S. 165 (1938)
• Baldwin v. Iowa State Traveling Men's Assn. · 283 U.S. 522 (1931)
• Chicago Life Insurance v. Cherry · 244 U.S. 25 (1917)
• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins · 304 U.S. 64 (1938)
• Milliken v. Meyer · 311 U.S. 457 (1941)
• Shaffer v. Heitner · 433 U.S. 186 (1977)
• National Hockey League v. Metropolitan Hockey Club, Inc. · 427 U.S. 639 (1976)
• Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc. · 395 U.S. 100 (1969)
• American Fire & Casualty Co. v. Finn · 341 U.S. 6 (1951)
• Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railway Co. v. Swan · 111 U.S. 379 (1884)
• Chicot County Drainage District v. Baxter State Bank · 308 U.S. 371 (1940)
• California v. LaRue · 409 U.S. 109 (1972)
• National Equipment Rental, Ltd. v. Szukhent · 375 U.S. 311 (1964)
• Hovey v. Elliott · 167 U.S. 409 (1897)
• American Surety Co. v. Baldwin · 287 U.S. 156 (1932)
• Adam v. Saenger · 303 U.S. 59 (1938)

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• J. McIntyre Machinery, Ltd. v. Nicastro · 564 U.S. 873 (2011)
• Home Depot U. S. A., Inc. v. Jackson · 587 U.S. 435 (2019)
• Ruhrgas Ag v. Marathon Oil Co. · 526 U.S. 574 (1999)
• Wisconsin Department of Corrections v. Schacht · 524 U.S. 381 (1998)
• Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz · 471 U.S. 462 (1985)
• Keeton v. Hustler Magazine, Inc. · 465 U.S. 770 (1984)
• Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts · 472 U.S. 797 (1985)
• Finley v. United States · 490 U.S. 545 (1989)
• Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization · 606 U.S. 1 (2025)
• Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. · 458 U.S. 50 (1982)
• Freytag v. Commissioner · 501 U.S. 868 (1991)
• Omni Capital International, Ltd. v. Rudolf Wolff & Co. · 484 U.S. 97 (1987)
• Argentine Republic v. Amerada Hess Shipping Corp. · 488 U.S. 428 (1989)
• Burnham v. Superior Court of Cal., County of Marin · 495 U.S. 604 (1990)
• Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Bailey · 557 U.S. 137 (2009)
• Martin v. Wilks · 490 U.S. 755 (1989)
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Wyoming · 460 U.S. 226 (1983)
• United States v. Morton · 467 U.S. 822 (1984)
• ASARCO Inc. v. Idaho State Tax Commission · 458 U.S. 307 (1982)

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