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Decided June 28, 2007. Anthony McLeod Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 06-480 · 551 U.S. 877 (2007) · Cited 452 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• Continental T. v. Inc. v. GTE Sylvania Inc. · 433 U.S. 36 (1977)
• Business Electronics Corp. v. Sharp Electronics Corp. · 485 U.S. 717 (1988)
• United States v. Colgate & Co. · 250 U.S. 300 (1919)
• National Society of Professional Engineers v. United States · 435 U.S. 679 (1978)
• Monsanto Co. v. Spray-Rite Service Corp. · 465 U.S. 752 (1984)
• Albrecht v. Herald Co. · 390 U.S. 145 (1968)
• Texaco Inc. v. Dagher · 547 U.S. 1 (2006)
• Payne v. Tennessee · 501 U.S. 808 (1991)
• Arizona v. Maricopa County Medical Society · 457 U.S. 332 (1982)
• United States v. Trenton Potteries Co. · 273 U.S. 392 (1927)
• Dickerson v. United States · 530 U.S. 428 (2000)
• Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. · 551 U.S. 449 (2007)
• Monsanto Co. v. Spray-Rite Service Corp. · 465 U.S. 752 (1984)
• United States v. Arnold, Schwinn & Co. · 388 U.S. 365 (1967)
• United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 150 (1940)
• Illinois Brick Co. v. Illinois · 431 U.S. 720 (1977)
• United States v. Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. · 321 U.S. 707 (1944)
• Nynex Corp. v. Discon, Inc. · 525 U.S. 128 (1998)
• United States v. Container Corporation of America · 393 U.S. 333 (1969)
• Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey · 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
• Rodriguez De Quijas v. Shearson/American Express, Inc. · 490 U.S. 477 (1989)
• Copperweld Corp. v. Independence Tube Corp. · 467 U.S. 752 (1984)
• Texas Industries, Inc. v. Radcliff Materials, Inc. · 451 U.S. 630 (1981)
• California Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc. · 445 U.S. 97 (1980)
• Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Transport Workers Union · 451 U.S. 77 (1981)
• United States v. Topco Associates, Inc. · 405 U.S. 596 (1972)
• Atlantic Richfield Co. v. USA Petroleum Co. · 495 U.S. 328 (1990)
• National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma · 468 U.S. 85 (1984)
• Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. · 441 U.S. 1 (1979)
• Glidden Co. v. Zdanok · 370 U.S. 530 (1962)

Cited by

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• Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC · 576 U.S. 466 (2015)
• Ohio v. American Express Co. · 585 U.S. 529 (2018)
• Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community · 572 U.S. 782 (2014)
• Arizona v. Gant · 556 U.S. 332 (2009)
• McDonald v. City of Chicago · 561 U.S. 742 (2010)
• Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. · 552 U.S. 148 (2008)
• John R. Sand & Gravel Co. v. United States · 552 U.S. 130 (2008)
• Ramos v. Louisiana · 590 U.S. 83 (2020)
• Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. · 568 U.S. 519 (2013)
• National Collegiate Athletic Assn. v. Alston · 594 U.S. 69 (2021)
• Montejo v. Louisiana · 556 U.S. 778 (2009)
• Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo · 603 U.S. 369 (2024)
• Allen v. Milligan · 599 U.S. 1 (2023)

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