Mark J. McBurney, et al., Petitioners v. Nathaniel L. Young, Deputy Commissioner and Director, Virginia Division of Child Support Enforcement, et al.

Decided April 29, 2013. Samuel A. Alito Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 12-17 · 569 U.S. 221 (2013) · Cited 478 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Baldwin v. Fish and Game Comm'n of Mont. · 436 U.S. 371 (1978)
• Reeves, Inc. v. Stake · 447 U.S. 429 (1980)
• Hicklin v. Orbeck · 437 U.S. 518 (1978)
• City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey · 437 U.S. 617 (1978)
• Paul v. Virginia · 75 U.S. 168 (1869)
• Maine v. Taylor · 477 U.S. 131 (1986)
• New Energy Co. of Indiana v. Limbach · 486 U.S. 269 (1988)
• Houchins v. KQED, Inc. · 438 U.S. 1 (1978)
• Hughes v. Alexandria Scrap Corp. · 426 U.S. 794 (1976)
• General Motors Corp. v. Tracy · 519 U.S. 278 (1997)
• Department of Revenue of Kentucky v. Davis · 553 U.S. 328 (2008)
• United Haulers Ass'n v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority · 550 U.S. 330 (2007)
• United Building & Constr. Trades Council of Camden Cty. v. Mayor and Council of Camden · 465 U.S. 208 (1984)
• Supreme Court of NH v. Piper · 470 U.S. 274 (1985)
• Los Angeles Police Department v. United Reporting Publishing Corp. · 528 U.S. 32 (1999)
• Canadian Northern Railway Co. v. Eggen · 252 U.S. 553 (1920)
• Gibbons v. Ogden · 22 U.S. 1 (1824)
• Toomer v. Witsell · 334 U.S. 385 (1948)
• Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc. · 564 U.S. 552 (2011)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)

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• Comptroller of Treasury of Md. v. Wynne · 575 U.S. 542 (2015)

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