Omnicare, Inc. v. Laborers Dist. Council Constr. Indus. Pension Fund
Decided March 24, 2015. Elena Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 13-435 · 575 U.S. 175 (2015) · Cited 523 times
Holding
So long as the other ordinary elements of issue preclusion are met, when the usages adjudicated by the TTAB are materially the same as those before a district court, issue preclusion should apply.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 9–0.
Majority · 7
- Elena Kagan · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy
- John Glover Roberts Jr.
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Samuel A. Alito Jr.
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Stephen Gerald Breyer
Concurring · 2
- Antonin Scalia · filed a concurring opinion
- Clarence Thomas · filed a concurring opinion
“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.
- Virginia Bankshares, Inc. v. Sandberg · 501 U.S. 1083 (1991)
- Herman & MacLean v. Huddleston · 459 U.S. 375 (1983)
- TSC Industries, Inc. v. Northway, Inc. · 426 U.S. 438 (1976)
- Pinter v. Dahl · 486 U.S. 622 (1988)
- Ashcroft v. Iqbal · 556 U.S. 662 (2009)
- United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
- Zivotofsky Ex Rel. Zivotofsky v. Clinton · 566 U.S. 189 (2012)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- California Public Employees' Retirement System v. ANZ Securities, Inc. · 582 U.S. 497 (2017)
- Universal Health Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Escobar · 579 U.S. 176 (2016)
- Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v. Moab Partners, L. P. · 601 U.S. 257 (2024)
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