New York v. United States et al.

Decided June 19, 1992. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 91-543 · 505 U.S. 144 (1992) · Cited 1,301 times

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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.

• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Mississippi · 456 U.S. 742 (1982)
• Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Assn., Inc. · 452 U.S. 264 (1981)
• Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority · 469 U.S. 528 (1985)
• Gregory v. Ashcroft · 501 U.S. 452 (1991)
• National League of Cities v. Usery · 426 U.S. 833 (1976)
• South Dakota v. Dole · 483 U.S. 203 (1987)
• Fry v. United States · 421 U.S. 542 (1975)
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Wyoming · 460 U.S. 226 (1983)
• South Carolina v. Baker · 485 U.S. 505 (1988)
• Lane County v. Oregon · 74 U.S. 71 (1869)
• Illinois v. City of Milwaukee · 406 U.S. 91 (1972)
• Arkansas v. Oklahoma · 503 U.S. 91 (1992)
• Massachusetts v. United States · 435 U.S. 444 (1978)
• Puerto Rico v. Branstad · 483 U.S. 219 (1987)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · 451 U.S. 1 (1981)
• United States v. Darby · 312 U.S. 100 (1941)
• United States v. Butler · 297 U.S. 1 (1936)
• Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. Brock · 480 U.S. 678 (1987)
• Testa v. Katt · 330 U.S. 386 (1947)
• Arizona v. California · 373 U.S. 546 (1963)
• Wyoming v. Oklahoma · 502 U.S. 437 (1992)
• West Virginia Ex Rel. Dyer v. Sims · 341 U.S. 22 (1951)
• New York v. United States · 326 U.S. 572 (1946)
• United Transportation Union v. Long Island Rail Road · 455 U.S. 678 (1982)
• Coleman v. Thompson · 501 U.S. 722 (1991)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Reynolds v. Sims · 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
• Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. · 463 U.S. 85 (1983)

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• Printz v. United States · 521 U.S. 898 (1997)
• Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn. · 584 U.S. 453 (2018)
• National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius · 567 U.S. 519 (2012)
• Alden v. Maine · 527 U.S. 706 (1999)
• Reno v. Condon · 528 U.S. 141 (2000)
• United States v. Comstock · 560 U.S. 126 (2010)
• Wyeth v. Levine · 555 U.S. 555 (2009)
• Branch v. Smith · 538 U.S. 254 (2003)
• Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion Cty. v. Talevski · 599 U.S. 166 (2023)
• Haaland v. Brackeen · 599 U.S. 255 (2023)
• United States v. Lopez · 514 U.S. 549 (1995)
• United States v. Davis · 588 U.S. 445 (2019)
• Watters v. Wachovia Bank, N. A. · 550 U.S. 1 (2007)
• Gonzales v. Raich · 545 U.S. 1 (2005)
• Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community · 572 U.S. 782 (2014)
• Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Assn. · 575 U.S. 92 (2015)
• Bond v. United States · 572 U.S. 844 (2014)
• Gamble v. United States · 587 U.S. 678 (2019)
• Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Comm'n · 576 U.S. 787 (2015)
• United States v. Kebodeaux · 570 U.S. 387 (2013)
• Chiafalo v. Washington · 591 U.S. 578 (2020)
• Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida · 517 U.S. 44 (1996)
• United States v. Morrison · 529 U.S. 598 (2000)
• Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation v. Environmental Protection Agency · 540 U.S. 461 (2004)
• U. S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton · 514 U.S. 779 (1995)
• Alabama v. North Carolina · 560 U.S. 330 (2010)
• McConnell v. Federal Election Commission · 540 U.S. 93 (2003)
• Olmstead v. L.C. · 527 U.S. 581 (1999)
• Horne v. Flores · 557 U.S. 433 (2009)
• Wellness Int'l Network, Ltd. v. Sharif · 575 U.S. 665 (2015)

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