James D. Ryder v. United States

Decided June 12, 1995. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 94-431 · 515 U.S. 177 (1995) · Cited 381 times

Holding

The Court of Military Appeals erred in according de facto validity to the actions of the civilian judges of the Coast Guard Court of Military Review.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• United States v. Leon · 468 U.S. 897 (1984)
• Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. · 458 U.S. 50 (1982)
• Glidden Co. v. Zdanok · 370 U.S. 530 (1962)
• Harlow v. Fitzgerald · 457 U.S. 800 (1982)
• Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson · 404 U.S. 97 (1971)
• Freytag v. Commissioner · 501 U.S. 868 (1991)
• Jenkins v. Anderson · 447 U.S. 231 (1980)
• Harper v. Virginia Department of Taxation · 509 U.S. 86 (1993)
• Allen v. State Board of Elections · 393 U.S. 544 (1969)
• Norton v. Shelby County · 118 U.S. 425 (1886)
• Cipriano v. City of Houma · 395 U.S. 701 (1969)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Grolier Inc. · 462 U.S. 19 (1983)
• Reynoldsville Casket Co. v. Hyde · 514 U.S. 749 (1995)

Cited by

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

• Lucia v. SEC · 585 U.S. 237 (2018)
• Carr v. Saul · 593 U.S. 83 (2021)
• Financial Oversight and Management Bd. for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC · 590 U.S. 448 (2020)
• Edmond v. United States · 520 U.S. 651 (1997)
• Hamdan v. Rumsfeld · 548 U.S. 557 (2006)
• Nguyen v. United States · 539 U.S. 69 (2003)
• United States v. Arthrex, Inc. · 594 U.S. 1 (2021)
• Collins v. Yellen · 594 U.S. 220 (2021)
• Ortiz v. United States · 585 U.S. 427 (2018)

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