Peretz v. United States

Decided June 27, 1991. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 90-615 · 501 U.S. 923 (1991) · Cited 631 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• Gomez v. United States · 490 U.S. 858 (1989)
• United States v. Raddatz · 447 U.S. 667 (1980)
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Schor · 478 U.S. 833 (1986)
• Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. · 458 U.S. 50 (1982)
• Thomas v. Union Carbide Agricultural Products Co. · 473 U.S. 568 (1985)
• United States v. Will · 449 U.S. 200 (1980)
• Mathews v. Weber · 423 U.S. 261 (1976)
• Arizona v. Fulminante · 499 U.S. 279 (1991)
• United States v. Frady · 456 U.S. 152 (1982)
• United States v. Young · 470 U.S. 1 (1985)
• Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · 454 U.S. 464 (1982)
• Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 297 U.S. 288 (1936)
• Yakus v. United States · 321 U.S. 414 (1944)
• Crowell v. Benson · 285 U.S. 22 (1932)
• Hormel v. Helvering · 312 U.S. 552 (1941)
• A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States · 295 U.S. 495 (1935)
• Rust v. Sullivan · 500 U.S. 173 (1991)
• Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan · 293 U.S. 388 (1935)
• Edward J. DeBartolo Corp. v. Florida Gulf Coast Building & Construction Trades Council · 485 U.S. 568 (1988)
• United States v. Gagnon · 470 U.S. 522 (1985)
• Hopt v. People of Territory of Utah · 110 U.S. 574 (1884)
• Grosso v. United States · 390 U.S. 62 (1968)
• Webster v. Doe · 486 U.S. 592 (1988)
• Lewis v. United States · 146 U.S. 370 (1892)
• Glidden Co. v. Zdanok · 370 U.S. 530 (1962)
• Levine v. United States · 362 U.S. 610 (1960)
• McCarthy v. Bronson · 500 U.S. 136 (1991)
• National Mutual Insurance v. Tidewater Transfer Co. · 337 U.S. 582 (1949)
• Wingo v. Wedding · 418 U.S. 461 (1974)
• Segurola v. United States · 275 U.S. 106 (1927)

Cited by

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• Wellness Int'l Network, Ltd. v. Sharif · 575 U.S. 665 (2015)
• New York v. Hill · 528 U.S. 110 (2000)
• United States v. Mezzanatto · 513 U.S. 196 (1995)
• Halbert v. Michigan · 545 U.S. 605 (2005)

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