John Bridge, et al. v. Phoenix Bond & Indemnity Co. et al

Decided June 9, 2008. Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 07-210 · 553 U.S. 639 (2008) · Cited 806 times

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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.

• Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection Corporation · 503 U.S. 258 (1992)
• Beck v. Prupis · 529 U.S. 494 (2000)
• Anza v. Ideal Steel Supply Corp. · 547 U.S. 451 (2006)
• Erickson v. Pardus · 551 U.S. 89 (2007)
• Sedima, S. P. R. L. v. Imrex Co. · 473 U.S. 479 (1985)
• Neder v. United States · 527 U.S. 1 (1999)
• Schmuck v. United States · 489 U.S. 705 (1989)
• Associated General Contractors of California, Inc. v. California State Council of Carpenters · 459 U.S. 519 (1983)
• H. J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. · 492 U.S. 229 (1989)
• Field v. Mans · 516 U.S. 59 (1995)
• Salinas v. United States · 522 U.S. 52 (1997)
• Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. · 552 U.S. 148 (2008)
• National Organization for Women, Inc. v. Scheidler · 510 U.S. 249 (1994)

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• Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc. · 557 U.S. 167 (2009)
• Boyle v. United States · 556 U.S. 938 (2009)
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• Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute · 584 U.S. 756 (2018)

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