Larry Zobrest, et Ux., et al. v. Catalina Foothills School District

Decided June 18, 1993. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 92-94 · 509 U.S. 1 (1993) · Cited 377 times

Holding

The record is insufficient to allow this Court to decide all issues necessary to determine whether the District Courts had jurisdiction.

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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.

• School District of Grand Rapids v. Ball · 473 U.S. 373 (1985)
• Meek v. Pittenger · 421 U.S. 349 (1975)
• Witters v. Washington Department of Services for the Blind · 474 U.S. 481 (1986)
• Mueller v. Allen · 463 U.S. 388 (1983)
• Wolman v. Walter · 433 U.S. 229 (1977)
• United States v. Locke · 471 U.S. 84 (1985)
• Lemon v. Kurtzman · 403 U.S. 602 (1971)
• Bowen v. Kendrick · 487 U.S. 589 (1988)
• Widmar v. Vincent · 454 U.S. 263 (1981)
• Committee for Public Education & Religious Liberty v. Nyquist · 413 U.S. 756 (1973)
• Spector Motor Service, Inc. v. McLaughlin · 323 U.S. 101 (1944)
• Rescue Army v. Municipal Court of Los Angeles · 331 U.S. 549 (1947)
• Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation v. Wold Engineering, P. C. · 467 U.S. 138 (1984)
• Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · 398 U.S. 144 (1970)
• Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 297 U.S. 288 (1936)
• Everson v. Board of Ed. of Ewing · 330 U.S. 1 (1947)
• Walz v. Tax Comm'n of City of New York · 397 U.S. 664 (1970)
• Rust v. Sullivan · 500 U.S. 173 (1991)
• United States National Bank v. Independent Insurance Agents of America, Inc. · 508 U.S. 439 (1993)
• City of Mesquite v. Aladdin's Castle, Inc. · 455 U.S. 283 (1982)
• Lee v. Weisman · 505 U.S. 577 (1992)
• Brockett v. Spokane Arcades, Inc. · 472 U.S. 491 (1985)
• Engel v. Vitale · 370 U.S. 421 (1962)
• Board of Ed. of Central School Dist. No. 1 v. Allen · 392 U.S. 236 (1968)
• Illinois Ex Rel. McCollum v. Board of Ed. of School Dist. No. 71, Champaign Cty. · 333 U.S. 203 (1948)
• Board of Ed. of Westside Community Schools (Dist. 66) v. Mergens · 496 U.S. 226 (1990)
• Board of Airport Comm'rs of Los Angeles v. Jews for Jesus, Inc. · 482 U.S. 569 (1987)
• Liverpool, New York & Philadelphia Steamship Co. v. Commissioners of Emigration · 113 U.S. 33 (1885)
• Aguilar v. Felton · 473 U.S. 402 (1985)
• Escambia County v. McMillan · 466 U.S. 48 (1984)

Cited by

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

• Mitchell v. Helms · 530 U.S. 793 (2000)
• Agostini v. Felton · 521 U.S. 203 (1997)
• Zelman v. Simmons-Harris · 536 U.S. 639 (2002)
• Rosenberger v. Rector & Visitors of University of Virginia · 515 U.S. 819 (1995)
• Board of Ed. of Kiryas Joel Village School Dist. v. Grumet · 512 U.S. 687 (1994)
• American Legion v. American Humanist Assn. · 588 U.S. 29 (2019)
• City of Chicago v. International College of Surgeons · 522 U.S. 156 (1997)
• Trump v. Hawaii · 585 U.S. 667 (2018)
• Van Orden v. Perry · 545 U.S. 677 (2005)
• Locke v. Davey · 540 U.S. 712 (2004)

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