Munaf v. Geren

Decided June 12, 2008. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 06-1666 · 553 U.S. 674 (2008) · Cited 1,360 times

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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.

• Neely v. Henkel · 180 U.S. 109 (1901)
• Valentine v. United States Ex Rel. Neidecker · 299 U.S. 5 (1936)
• Deckert v. Independence Shares Corp. · 311 U.S. 282 (1940)
• City and County of Denver v. New York Trust Co. · 229 U.S. 123 (1913)
• Preiser v. Rodriguez · 411 U.S. 475 (1973)
• Bell v. Hood · 327 U.S. 678 (1946)
• Fay v. Noia · 372 U.S. 391 (1963)
• Mazurek v. Armstrong · 520 U.S. 968 (1997)
• Duncan v. Walker · 533 U.S. 167 (2001)
• Yakus v. United States · 321 U.S. 414 (1944)
• Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer · 343 U.S. 579 (1952)
• Hamdi v. Rumsfeld · 542 U.S. 507 (2004)
• Doran v. Salem Inn, Inc. · 422 U.S. 922 (1975)
• Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co. · 358 U.S. 354 (1959)
• Banco Nacional De Cuba v. Sabbatino · 376 U.S. 398 (1964)
• Orloff v. Willoughby · 345 U.S. 83 (1953)
• Reid v. Covert · 354 U.S. 1 (1957)
• Department of the Navy v. Egan · 484 U.S. 518 (1988)
• Gonzales v. O Centro Espírita Beneficente União Do Vegetal · 546 U.S. 418 (2006)
• Withrow v. Williams · 507 U.S. 680 (1993)
• Francis v. Henderson · 425 U.S. 536 (1976)
• Rasul v. Bush · 542 U.S. 466 (2004)
• Johnson v. Eisentrager · 339 U.S. 763 (1950)
• Oetjen v. Central Leather Co. · 246 U.S. 297 (1918)
• Republic of Austria v. Altmann · 541 U.S. 677 (2004)
• Danforth v. Minnesota · 552 U.S. 264 (2008)
• Wales v. Whitney · 114 U.S. 564 (1885)
• Meccano, Ltd. v. John Wanamaker, NY · 253 U.S. 136 (1920)

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• Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam · 591 U.S. 103 (2020)
• Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 555 U.S. 7 (2008)
• Greenlaw v. United States · 554 U.S. 237 (2008)
• Moyle v. United States · 603 U.S. 324 (2024)

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