Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. v. Ronald R. Yeskey

Decided June 15, 1998. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 97-634 · 524 U.S. 206 (1998) · Cited 1,374 times

Holding

State prisons fall squarely within Title II’s statutory definition of “public entity,” which includes “any...instrumentality of a State...

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Gregory v. Ashcroft · 501 U.S. 452 (1991)
• Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · 398 U.S. 144 (1970)
• Preiser v. Rodriguez · 411 U.S. 475 (1973)
• Hudson v. Palmer · 468 U.S. 517 (1984)
• Sedima, S. P. R. L. v. Imrex Co. · 473 U.S. 479 (1985)
• Olim v. Wakinekona · 461 U.S. 238 (1983)
• Procunier v. Martinez · 416 U.S. 396 (1974)
• Thornburgh v. Abbott · 490 U.S. 401 (1989)
• City of Boerne v. Flores · 521 U.S. 507 (1997)
• Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority · 469 U.S. 528 (1985)
• Dothard v. Rawlinson · 433 U.S. 321 (1977)
• Printz v. United States · 521 U.S. 898 (1997)
• Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad · 331 U.S. 519 (1947)
• Block v. Rutherford · 468 U.S. 576 (1984)
• Duignan v. United States · 274 U.S. 195 (1927)

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• Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency · 549 U.S. 497 (2007)
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• Bond v. United States · 572 U.S. 844 (2014)
• Voisine v. United States · 579 U.S. 686 (2016)
• Florida Department of Revenue v. Piccadilly Cafeterias, Inc. · 554 U.S. 33 (2008)
• Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P. · 603 U.S. 204 (2024)
• Whitman v. American Trucking Assns., Inc. · 531 U.S. 457 (2001)
• United States v. Georgia · 546 U.S. 151 (2006)
• PGA Tour, Inc. v. Martin · 532 U.S. 661 (2001)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr · 533 U.S. 289 (2001)
• Demore v. Kim · 538 U.S. 510 (2003)
• Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis · 584 U.S. 497 (2018)
• Thornton v. United States · 541 U.S. 615 (2004)
• Miller v. French · 530 U.S. 327 (2000)
• Carter v. United States · 530 U.S. 255 (2000)
• Meyer v. Holley · 537 U.S. 280 (2003)
• Negusie v. Holder · 555 U.S. 511 (2009)
• Whitfield v. United States · 543 U.S. 209 (2005)
• Jefferson v. Upton · 560 U.S. 284 (2010)
• Cuellar v. United States · 553 U.S. 550 (2008)

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