John M. Lamie v. United States Trustee

Decided January 26, 2004. Anthony McLeod Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 02-693 · 540 U.S. 526 (2004) · Cited 1,956 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.

• United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc. · 489 U.S. 235 (1989)
• Richards v. United States · 369 U.S. 1 (1962)
• Hartford Underwriters Insurance v. Union Planters Bank, N. A. · 530 U.S. 1 (2000)
• Cohen v. De La Cruz · 523 U.S. 213 (1998)
• United States v. Locke · 471 U.S. 84 (1985)
• Hughes Aircraft Co. v. Jacobson · 525 U.S. 432 (1999)
• United States v. Fisher · 6 U.S. 358 (1805)
• Mobil Oil Corp. v. Higginbotham · 436 U.S. 618 (1978)
• Chickasaw Nation v. United States · 534 U.S. 84 (2001)
• Iselin v. United States · 270 U.S. 245 (1926)
• United States v. Granderson · 511 U.S. 39 (1994)

Cited by

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

• King v. Burwell · 576 U.S. 473 (2015)
• Wyeth v. Levine · 555 U.S. 555 (2009)
• Koons Buick Pontiac GMC, Inc. v. Nigh · 543 U.S. 50 (2004)
• Barton v. Barr · 590 U.S. 222 (2020)
• Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · 591 U.S. 197 (2020)
• Jimenez v. Quarterman · 555 U.S. 113 (2009)
• BedRoc Limited, LLC v. United States · 541 U.S. 176 (2004)
• Schwab v. Reilly · 560 U.S. 770 (2010)
• Niz-Chavez v. Garland · 593 U.S. 155 (2021)
• Harbison v. Bell · 556 U.S. 180 (2009)
• Till v. SCS Credit Corp. · 541 U.S. 465 (2004)
• Carcieri v. Salazar · 555 U.S. 379 (2009)
• Negusie v. Holder · 555 U.S. 511 (2009)
• United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC · 602 U.S. 487 (2024)

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