Mackey et al. v. Lanier Collection Agency & Service, Inc.

Decided June 17, 1988. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 86-1387 · 486 U.S. 825 (1988) · Cited 1,042 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.

• Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. · 463 U.S. 85 (1983)
• Pilot Life Insurance v. Dedeaux · 481 U.S. 41 (1987)
• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Massachusetts · 471 U.S. 724 (1985)
• Federal Housing Administration, Region No. 4 v. Burr · 309 U.S. 242 (1940)
• Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Construction Laborers Vacation Trust for Southern Cal. · 463 U.S. 1 (1983)
• Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. Russell · 473 U.S. 134 (1985)
• United States v. Price · 361 U.S. 304 (1960)
• United Air Lines, Inc. v. McMann · 434 U.S. 192 (1977)
• Franchise Tax Board v. United States Postal Service · 467 U.S. 512 (1984)
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · 431 U.S. 324 (1977)
• Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc. · 447 U.S. 102 (1980)
• Edward J. DeBartolo Corp. v. Florida Gulf Coast Building & Construction Trades Council · 485 U.S. 568 (1988)
• Alessi v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. · 451 U.S. 504 (1981)
• Park 'N Fly, Inc. v. Dollar Park & Fly, Inc. · 469 U.S. 189 (1985)
• Oscar Mayer & Co. v. Evans · 441 U.S. 750 (1979)
• Dickerson v. New Banner Institute, Inc. · 460 U.S. 103 (1983)
• Federal Election Commission v. National Conservative Political Action Committee · 470 U.S. 480 (1985)
• Huron Holding Corp. v. Lincoln Mine Operating Co. · 312 U.S. 183 (1941)

Cited by

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• Ingersoll-Rand Co. v. McClendon · 498 U.S. 133 (1990)
• New York State Conference of Blue Cross & Blue Shield Plans v. Travelers Insurance · 514 U.S. 645 (1995)
• District of Columbia v. Greater Washington Board of Trade · 506 U.S. 125 (1992)
• United States v. Davis · 588 U.S. 445 (2019)
• California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement v. Dillingham Construction, N. A. · 519 U.S. 316 (1997)
• De Buono v. NYSA-ILA Medical & Clinical Services Fund Ex Rel. Bowers · 520 U.S. 806 (1997)
• Bank Markazi v. Peterson · 578 U.S. 212 (2016)
• Republic of Sudan v. Harrison · 587 U.S. 1 (2019)
• Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Assn. · 592 U.S. 80 (2020)
• Varity Corp. v. Howe · 516 U.S. 489 (1996)
• FMC Corp. v. Holliday · 498 U.S. 52 (1990)
• United States v. Taylor · 596 U.S. 845 (2022)
• Peacock v. Thomas · 516 U.S. 349 (1996)
• Guidry v. Sheet Metal Workers National Pension Fund · 493 U.S. 365 (1990)
• United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation · 564 U.S. 162 (2011)
• Landgraf v. USI Film Products · 511 U.S. 244 (1994)
• Kawaauhau v. Geiger · 523 U.S. 57 (1998)
• Morales v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · 504 U.S. 374 (1992)
• Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare v. Davenport · 495 U.S. 552 (1990)
• Marx v. General Revenue Corp. · 568 U.S. 371 (2013)
• Egelhoff v. Egelhoff Ex Rel. Breiner · 532 U.S. 141 (2001)
• Babbitt v. Sweet Home Chapter, Communities for Great Ore. · 515 U.S. 687 (1995)
• Gutierrez De Martinez v. Lamagno · 515 U.S. 417 (1995)
• Dastar Corp. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. · 539 U.S. 23 (2003)
• Adams Fruit Co. v. Barrett · 494 U.S. 638 (1990)
• Dunn v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission · 519 U.S. 465 (1997)

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