Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. et al. v. Bonjorno et al.

Decided April 17, 1990. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 88-1595 · 494 U.S. 827 (1990) · Cited 1,050 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• Bradley v. School Bd. of Richmond · 416 U.S. 696 (1974)
• Thorpe v. Housing Authority of Durham · 393 U.S. 268 (1969)
• Bowen v. Georgetown University Hospital · 488 U.S. 204 (1988)
• Claridge Apartments Co. v. Commissioner · 323 U.S. 141 (1944)
• United States v. Security Industrial Bank · 459 U.S. 70 (1982)
• Bennett v. New Jersey · 470 U.S. 632 (1985)
• United States v. Magnolia Petroleum Co. · 276 U.S. 160 (1928)
• Morley v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. · 146 U.S. 162 (1892)
• Union Pacific Railroad v. Laramie Stock Yards Co. · 231 U.S. 190 (1913)
• United States v. Chambers · 291 U.S. 217 (1934)
• Vandenbark v. Owens-Illinois Glass Co. · 311 U.S. 538 (1941)
• Miller v. United States · 294 U.S. 435 (1935)
• United States v. Heth · 7 U.S. 399 (1806)
• Pierce v. United States · 255 U.S. 398 (1921)
• Ziffrin, Inc. v. United States · 318 U.S. 73 (1943)
• Carpenter v. Wabash Railway Co. · 309 U.S. 23 (1940)
• Dickinson Industrial Site, Inc. v. Cowan · 309 U.S. 382 (1940)
• United States v. Alabama · 362 U.S. 602 (1960)
• Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · 401 U.S. 402 (1971)
• Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness Society · 421 U.S. 240 (1975)
• Cort v. Ash · 422 U.S. 66 (1975)
• Hamling v. United States · 418 U.S. 87 (1974)
• Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co. · 455 U.S. 422 (1982)
• Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc. · 447 U.S. 102 (1980)
• Hutto v. Finney · 437 U.S. 678 (1978)
• Calder v. Bull · 3 U.S. 386 (1798)
• United States Trust Co. of NY v. New Jersey · 431 U.S. 1 (1977)
• Chicot County Drainage District v. Baxter State Bank · 308 U.S. 371 (1940)
• National Treasury Employees Union v. Von Raab · 489 U.S. 656 (1989)
• Lynch v. United States · 292 U.S. 571 (1934)

Cited by

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

• Landgraf v. USI Film Products · 511 U.S. 244 (1994)
• Chambers v. Nasco, Inc. · 501 U.S. 32 (1991)
• Lindh v. Murphy · 521 U.S. 320 (1997)
• Rivers v. Roadway Express, Inc. · 511 U.S. 298 (1994)
• Business Guides, Inc. v. Chromatic Communications Enterprises, Inc. · 498 U.S. 533 (1991)
• Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel · 524 U.S. 498 (1998)
• Hughes Aircraft Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Schumer · 520 U.S. 939 (1997)
• Republic National Bank of Miami v. United States · 506 U.S. 80 (1992)
• Regions Hospital v. Shalala · 522 U.S. 448 (1998)

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