Kevin M. O'Gilvie and Stephanie L. O'Gilvie, Minors v. United States
Decided December 10, 1996. Stephen Gerald Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 95-966 · 519 U.S. 79 (1996) · Cited 175 times
Holding
A district court’s error in failing to remand a case improperly removed is not fatal to the ensuing adjudication if federal jurisdictional requirements are met at the time judgment is entered.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 6–3.
Majority · 6
- Stephen Gerald Breyer · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy
- David Hackett Souter
- John Paul Stevens
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- William Hubbs Rehnquist
Dissenting · 3
- Antonin Scalia · filed a dissenting opinion
- Clarence Thomas
- Sandra Day O'Connor
“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.
- Commissioner v. Schleier · 515 U.S. 323 (1995)
- United States v. Burke · 504 U.S. 229 (1992)
- United Sav. Assn. of Tex. v. Timbers of Inwood Forest Associates, Ltd. · 484 U.S. 365 (1988)
- Southern Pacific Co. v. Lowe · 247 U.S. 330 (1918)
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · 418 U.S. 323 (1974)
- Russello v. United States · 464 U.S. 16 (1983)
- Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc. · 421 U.S. 454 (1975)
- Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston · 469 U.S. 111 (1985)
- Higgins v. Smith · 308 U.S. 473 (1940)
- Badaracco v. Commissioner · 464 U.S. 386 (1984)
- United States v. Price · 361 U.S. 304 (1960)
- Doyle v. Mitchell Brothers Co. · 247 U.S. 179 (1918)
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. Foust · 442 U.S. 42 (1979)
- United States v. Wurts · 303 U.S. 414 (1938)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Rousey v. Jacoway · 544 U.S. 320 (2005)
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