Lewis v. Clarke
Decided April 25, 2017. Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 15-1500 · 581 U.S. 155 (2017) · Cited 292 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 8–0.
Majority · 6
- Sonia Sotomayor · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy
- Elena Kagan
- John Glover Roberts Jr.
- Samuel A. Alito Jr.
- Stephen Gerald Breyer
Concurring · 2
- Clarence Thomas · filed a concurring opinion
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg · filed a concurring opinion
“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.
- Hafer v. Melo · 502 U.S. 21 (1991)
- Kentucky v. Graham · 473 U.S. 159 (1985)
- Regents of University of California v. Doe · 519 U.S. 425 (1997)
- Hess v. Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation · 513 U.S. 30 (1994)
- Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community · 572 U.S. 782 (2014)
- Alden v. Maine · 527 U.S. 706 (1999)
- Harlow v. Fitzgerald · 457 U.S. 800 (1982)
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · 403 U.S. 388 (1971)
- Will v. Michigan Department of State Police · 491 U.S. 58 (1989)
- Mitchell v. Forsyth · 472 U.S. 511 (1985)
- Edelman v. Jordan · 415 U.S. 651 (1974)
- Dugan v. Rank · 372 U.S. 609 (1963)
- Van de Kamp v. Goldstein · 555 U.S. 335 (2009)
- Navarro Savings Assn. v. Lee · 446 U.S. 458 (1980)
- Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. of America v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. · 549 U.S. 443 (2007)
- Ex Parte State of New York, No. 1 · 256 U.S. 490 (1921)
- Blatchford v. Native Village of Noatak · 501 U.S. 775 (1991)
- Westfall v. Erwin · 484 U.S. 292 (1988)
- Larson v. Domestic and Foreign Commerce Corp. · 337 U.S. 682 (1949)
- Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma v. Manufacturing Technologies, Inc. · 523 U.S. 751 (1998)
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