Missouri, Petitioner v. Galin E. Frye
Decided March 21, 2012. Anthony McLeod Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 10-444 · 566 U.S. 134 (2012) · Cited 2,193 times
Holding
The Sacketts may bring a civil action under the APA to challenge the issuance of the EPA’s order.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 5
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Elena Kagan
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Stephen Gerald Breyer
Dissenting · 4
- Antonin Scalia · filed a dissenting opinion
- Clarence Thomas
- John Glover Roberts Jr.
- Samuel A. Alito Jr.
“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.
- Strickland v. Washington · 466 U.S. 668 (1984)
- Hill v. Lockhart · 474 U.S. 52 (1985)
- Padilla v. Kentucky · 559 U.S. 356 (2010)
- Weatherford v. Bursey · 429 U.S. 545 (1977)
- United States v. Wade · 388 U.S. 218 (1967)
- Santobello v. New York · 404 U.S. 257 (1971)
- Massiah v. United States · 377 U.S. 201 (1964)
- Premo v. Moore · 562 U.S. 115 (2011)
- Montejo v. Louisiana · 556 U.S. 778 (2009)
- Boykin v. Alabama · 395 U.S. 238 (1969)
- Hamilton v. Alabama · 368 U.S. 52 (1961)
- United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
- Spano v. New York · 360 U.S. 315 (1959)
- Glover v. United States · 531 U.S. 198 (2001)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Jae Lee v. United States · 582 U.S. 357 (2017)
- Southern Union Co. v. United States · 567 U.S. 343 (2012)
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