Mark Rotella v. Angela M. Wood, et al.

Decided February 23, 2000. David Hackett Souter delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 98-896 · 528 U.S. 549 (2000) · Cited 698 times

Holding

The “injury and pattern discovery” rule invoked by Rotella does not govern the start of the limitations period for civil RICO claims.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.

How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• Klehr v. A. O. Smith Corp. · 521 U.S. 179 (1997)
• Agency Holding Corp. v. Malley-Duff & Associates, Inc. · 483 U.S. 143 (1987)
• Sedima, S. P. R. L. v. Imrex Co. · 473 U.S. 479 (1985)
• Wilson v. Garcia · 471 U.S. 261 (1985)
• H. J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. · 492 U.S. 229 (1989)
• United States v. Kubrick · 444 U.S. 111 (1979)
• Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc. · 401 U.S. 321 (1971)
• Holmberg v. Armbrecht · 327 U.S. 392 (1946)
• Urie v. Thompson · 337 U.S. 163 (1949)
• Rawlings v. Ray · 312 U.S. 96 (1941)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Lozano v. Montoya Alvarez · 572 U.S. 1 (2014)
• TRW Inc. v. Andrews · 534 U.S. 19 (2001)
• John R. Sand & Gravel Co. v. United States · 552 U.S. 130 (2008)
• Rotkiske v. Klemm · 589 U.S. 8 (2019)
• Gabelli v. Securities & Exchange Commission · 568 U.S. 442 (2013)
• Young v. United States · 535 U.S. 43 (2002)
• National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Morgan · 536 U.S. 101 (2002)
• Anza v. Ideal Steel Supply Corp. · 547 U.S. 451 (2006)
• Sebelius v. Auburn Regional Medical Center · 568 U.S. 145 (2013)
• Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors · 603 U.S. 799 (2024)

Official text

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