Mallard v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa et al.

Decided May 1, 1989. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 87-1490 · 490 U.S. 296 (1989) · Cited 4,814 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.

• Kerr v. United States Dist. Court for Northern Dist. of Cal. · 426 U.S. 394 (1976)
• Allied Chemical Corp. v. Daiflon, Inc. · 449 U.S. 33 (1980)
• Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Holland · 346 U.S. 379 (1953)
• Powell v. Alabama · 287 U.S. 45 (1932)
• United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc. · 489 U.S. 235 (1989)
• Will v. United States · 389 U.S. 90 (1967)
• Roche v. Evaporated Milk Assn. · 319 U.S. 21 (1943)
• Young v. United States Ex Rel. Vuitton Et Fils S. A. · 481 U.S. 787 (1987)
• De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd. v. United States · 325 U.S. 212 (1945)
• Landreth Timber Co. v. Landreth · 471 U.S. 681 (1985)
• Will v. Calvert Fire Insurance · 437 U.S. 655 (1978)
• Supreme Court of NH v. Piper · 470 U.S. 274 (1985)
• Frazier v. Heebe · 482 U.S. 641 (1987)
• Hurtado v. United States · 410 U.S. 578 (1973)

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• Federal Trade Commission v. Superior Court Trial Lawyers Ass'n · 493 U.S. 411 (1990)
• Rowland v. California Men's Colony, Unit II Men's Advisory Council · 506 U.S. 194 (1993)
• Miller v. French · 530 U.S. 327 (2000)
• Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd. · 566 U.S. 560 (2012)
• Board of Ed. of Westside Community Schools (Dist. 66) v. Mergens · 496 U.S. 226 (1990)
• Murray v. Giarratano · 492 U.S. 1 (1989)

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