Nevada Department of Human Resources, et al. v. William Hibbs et al.

Decided May 27, 2003. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 01-1368 · 538 U.S. 721 (2003) · Cited 510 times

Holding

The judgment is reversed, and the case is remanded.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“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.

• Board of Trustees of Univ. of Ala. v. Garrett · 531 U.S. 356 (2001)
• Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents · 528 U.S. 62 (2000)
• City of Boerne v. Flores · 521 U.S. 507 (1997)
• Katzenbach v. Morgan · 384 U.S. 641 (1966)
• Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer · 427 U.S. 445 (1976)
• South Carolina v. Katzenbach · 383 U.S. 301 (1966)
• United States v. Virginia · 518 U.S. 515 (1996)
• Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida · 517 U.S. 44 (1996)
• Craig v. Boren · 429 U.S. 190 (1976)
• City of Rome v. United States · 446 U.S. 156 (1980)
• College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board · 527 U.S. 666 (1999)
• Ragsdale v. Wolverine World Wide, Inc. · 535 U.S. 81 (2002)
• Oregon v. Mitchell · 400 U.S. 112 (1970)
• Geduldig v. Aiello · 417 U.S. 484 (1974)
• Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank · 527 U.S. 627 (1999)
• Muller v. Oregon · 208 U.S. 412 (1908)
• Goesaert v. Cleary · 335 U.S. 464 (1948)
• United States v. Salerno · 481 U.S. 739 (1987)
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma · 413 U.S. 601 (1973)
• Washington v. Davis · 426 U.S. 229 (1976)
• United States v. Lopez · 514 U.S. 549 (1995)
• Reed v. Reed · 404 U.S. 71 (1971)
• Frontiero v. Richardson · 411 U.S. 677 (1973)
• United States v. Morrison · 529 U.S. 598 (2000)
• Gregory v. Ashcroft · 501 U.S. 452 (1991)
• Civil Rights Cases · 109 U.S. 3 (1883)
• Pennsylvania v. Union Gas Co. · 491 U.S. 1 (1989)
• Blatchford v. Native Village of Noatak · 501 U.S. 775 (1991)
• Dellmuth v. Muth · 491 U.S. 223 (1989)
• Hoyt v. Florida · 368 U.S. 57 (1961)

Cited by

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

• Tennessee v. Lane · 541 U.S. 509 (2004)
• Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Maryland · 566 U.S. 30 (2012)
• Sessions v. Morales-Santana · 582 U.S. 47 (2017)
• Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc. · 575 U.S. 206 (2015)
• Shelby County v. Holder · 570 U.S. 529 (2013)
• United States v. Skrmetti · 605 U.S. 495 (2025)
• PennEast Pipeline Co. v. New Jersey · 594 U.S. 482 (2021)
• United States v. Georgia · 546 U.S. 151 (2006)
• Vieth v. Jubelirer · 541 U.S. 267 (2004)
• Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service v. Kirtz · 601 U.S. 42 (2024)
• Financial Oversight and Management Bd. for P. R. v. Centro De Periodismo Investigativo, Inc. · 598 U.S. 339 (2023)

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