Parker Drilling Management Services, Ltd. v. Newton

Decided June 10, 2019. Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 18-389 · 587 U.S. 601 (2019) · Cited 119 times

Holding

Under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, where federal law addresses the relevant issue, state law is not adopted as surrogate federal law on the Outer Continental Shelf.

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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. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).

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.

• Rodrigue v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 395 U.S. 352 (1969)
• Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson · 404 U.S. 97 (1971)
• James Stewart & Co. v. Sadrakula · 309 U.S. 94 (1940)
• Gulf Offshore Co. v. Mobil Oil Corp. · 453 U.S. 473 (1981)
• Paul v. United States · 371 U.S. 245 (1963)
• United States v. Sharpnack · 355 U.S. 286 (1958)
• Lewis v. United States · 523 U.S. 155 (1998)
• Shell Oil Co. v. Iowa Department of Revenue · 488 U.S. 19 (1988)
• McQuiggin v. Perkins · 569 U.S. 383 (2013)
• United States v. California · 332 U.S. 19 (1947)
• PLIVA, Inc. v. Mensing · 564 U.S. 604 (2011)
• Ransom v. FIA Card Services, N. A. · 562 U.S. 61 (2011)
• Roberts v. Sea-Land Services, Inc. · 566 U.S. 93 (2012)
• United States v. Louisiana · 339 U.S. 699 (1950)
• United States v. Texas · 339 U.S. 707 (1950)
• Star Athletica, L. L. C. v. Varsity Brands, Inc. · 580 U.S. 405 (2017)

Cited by

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

• Liu v. SEC. & Exch. Comm'n · 591 U.S. 71 (2020)
• McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corp. · 606 U.S. 146 (2025)
• Department of Commerce v. New York · 588 U.S. 752 (2019)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2019). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-08-15. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).