Supreme Court of the United States / October Term 1994

John Bruce Hubbard v. United States

Decided May 15, 1995. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 94-172 · 514 U.S. 695 (1995) · Cited 234 times

Holding

The exceptions are overruled.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“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.

United States v. Bramblett · 348 U.S. 503 (1955)
Patterson v. McLean Credit Union · 491 U.S. 164 (1989)
Illinois Brick Co. v. Illinois · 431 U.S. 720 (1977)
Burnet v. Coronado Oil & Gas Co. · 285 U.S. 393 (1932)
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey · 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
United States v. Batchelder · 442 U.S. 114 (1979)
Lebron v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation · 513 U.S. 374 (1995)
United States v. Gilliland · 312 U.S. 86 (1941)
United States v. Yermian · 468 U.S. 63 (1984)
Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs. · 436 U.S. 658 (1978)
Brecht v. Abrahamson · 507 U.S. 619 (1993)
Rodriguez De Quijas v. Shearson/American Express, Inc. · 490 U.S. 477 (1989)
Vasquez v. Hillery · 474 U.S. 254 (1986)
Lanzetta v. New Jersey · 306 U.S. 451 (1939)
Runyon v. McCrary · 427 U.S. 160 (1976)
McNally v. United States · 483 U.S. 350 (1987)
BFP v. Resolution Trust Corporation · 511 U.S. 531 (1994)
Thompson v. Thompson · 484 U.S. 174 (1988)
Andrews v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad · 406 U.S. 320 (1972)
McBoyle v. United States · 283 U.S. 25 (1931)
Schneidewind v. ANR Pipeline Co. · 485 U.S. 293 (1988)
Sproles v. Binford · 286 U.S. 374 (1932)
Square D Co. v. Niagara Frontier Tariff Bureau, Inc. · 476 U.S. 409 (1986)
Hilton v. South Carolina Public Railways Commission · 502 U.S. 197 (1991)

Cited by

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

Brogan v. United States · 522 U.S. 398 (1998)
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission · 558 U.S. 310 (2010)
Agostini v. Felton · 521 U.S. 203 (1997)
Ramos v. Louisiana · 590 U.S. 83 (2020)
Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. Brown · 520 U.S. 397 (1997)
Dunn v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission · 519 U.S. 465 (1997)
Marinello v. United States · 584 U.S. 1 (2018)
Fischer v. United States · 603 U.S. 480 (2024)

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