Marrese et al. v. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Decided March 4, 1985. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 83-1452 · 470 U.S. 373 (1985) · Cited 1,589 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–0.

“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.

• Kremer v. Chemical Construction Corp. · 456 U.S. 461 (1982)
• Migra v. Warren City School District Board of Education · 465 U.S. 75 (1984)
• Allen v. McCurry · 449 U.S. 90 (1980)
• Federated Department Stores, Inc. v. Moitie · 452 U.S. 394 (1981)
• Haring v. Prosise · 462 U.S. 306 (1983)
• Montana v. United States · 440 U.S. 147 (1979)
• Griggs v. Provident Consumer Discount Co. · 459 U.S. 56 (1982)
• Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation · 402 U.S. 313 (1971)
• Brown v. Felsen · 442 U.S. 127 (1979)
• United States v. Storer Broadcasting Co. · 351 U.S. 192 (1956)
• General Investment Co. v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. · 260 U.S. 261 (1922)
• Riley v. New York Trust Co. · 315 U.S. 343 (1942)
• Becher v. Contoure Laboratories, Inc. · 279 U.S. 388 (1929)

Cited by

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• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. v. Epstein · 516 U.S. 367 (1996)
• Baker v. General Motors Corp. · 522 U.S. 222 (1998)
• Parsons Steel, Inc. v. First Alabama Bank · 474 U.S. 518 (1986)
• Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp. · 544 U.S. 280 (2005)
• Johnson v. De Grandy · 512 U.S. 997 (1994)
• United States v. Tohono O’odham Nation · 563 U.S. 307 (2011)
• Haywood v. Drown · 556 U.S. 729 (2009)
• Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski · 599 U.S. 736 (2023)

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