Linda a. Watters, Commissioner, Michigan Office of Insurance and Financial Services v. Wachovia Bank, N. a., et al.

Decided April 17, 2007. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 05-1342 · 550 U.S. 1 (2007) · Cited 1,890 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–3.

“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.

• Barnett Bank of Marion County, N. A. v. Nelson · 517 U.S. 25 (1996)
• First National Bank in Plant City v. Dickinson · 396 U.S. 122 (1969)
• Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · 331 U.S. 218 (1947)
• Nationsbank of North Carolina, N. A. v. Variable Annuity Life Insurance · 513 U.S. 251 (1995)
• Geier v. American Honda Motor Co. · 529 U.S. 861 (2000)
• Atherton v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. · 519 U.S. 213 (1997)
• Franklin Nat. Bank of Franklin Square v. New York · 347 U.S. 373 (1954)
• First Nat. Bank of Logan v. Walker Bank & Trust Co. · 385 U.S. 252 (1966)
• Marquette National Bank of Minneapolis v. First of Omaha Service Corp. · 439 U.S. 299 (1978)
• Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc. · 505 U.S. 504 (1992)
• Medtronic, Inc. v. Lohr · 518 U.S. 470 (1996)
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul · 373 U.S. 132 (1963)
• Fidelity Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. De La Cuesta · 458 U.S. 141 (1982)
• Hillsborough County v. Automated Medical Laboratories, Inc. · 471 U.S. 707 (1985)
• New York v. United States · 505 U.S. 144 (1992)
• Beneficial National Bank v. Anderson · 539 U.S. 1 (2003)
• United States v. Bestfoods · 524 U.S. 51 (1998)
• United States v. Philadelphia National Bank · 374 U.S. 321 (1963)
• Clarke v. Securities Industry Assn. · 479 U.S. 388 (1987)
• Gonzales v. Oregon · 546 U.S. 243 (2006)
• Dole Food Co. v. Patrickson · 538 U.S. 468 (2003)
• Investment Company Institute v. Camp · 401 U.S. 617 (1971)
• Citizens Bank v. Alafabco, Inc. · 539 U.S. 52 (2003)
• Anderson National Bank v. Luckett · 321 U.S. 233 (1944)
• Napier v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad · 272 U.S. 605 (1926)
• City of New York v. Federal Communications Commission · 486 U.S. 57 (1988)
• Securities Industry Ass'n v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System · 468 U.S. 137 (1984)
• Guthrie v. Harkness · 199 U.S. 148 (1905)
• Lewis v. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Md. · 292 U.S. 559 (1934)

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• Cuomo v. Clearing House Ass'n, LLC · 557 U.S. 519 (2009)
• Wyeth v. Levine · 555 U.S. 555 (2009)

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