Perrin v. United States

Decided November 27, 1979. Warren Earl Burger delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 78-959 · 444 U.S. 37 (1979) · Cited 1,399 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

“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.

• Rewis v. United States · 401 U.S. 808 (1971)
• Bell v. United States · 349 U.S. 81 (1955)
• United States v. Nardello · 393 U.S. 286 (1969)
• Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill · 437 U.S. 153 (1978)
• United States v. Bass · 404 U.S. 336 (1971)
• Southeastern Community College v. Davis · 442 U.S. 397 (1979)
• Scarborough v. United States · 431 U.S. 563 (1977)
• Burns v. Alcala · 420 U.S. 575 (1975)
• United States v. Culbert · 435 U.S. 371 (1978)

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• Rousey v. Jacoway · 544 U.S. 320 (2005)
• Smith v. United States · 508 U.S. 223 (1993)
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• Pioneer Investment Services Co. v. Brunswick Associates Ltd. Partnership · 507 U.S. 380 (1993)
• Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Dept. of Health and Human Resources · 532 U.S. 598 (2001)
• Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid · 490 U.S. 730 (1989)
• BFP v. Resolution Trust Corporation · 511 U.S. 531 (1994)
• Edwards v. Aguillard · 482 U.S. 578 (1987)
• Kungys v. United States · 485 U.S. 759 (1988)
• Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson Cty. · 555 U.S. 271 (2009)
• Deal v. United States · 508 U.S. 129 (1993)
• MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 512 U.S. 218 (1994)
• BedRoc Limited, LLC v. United States · 541 U.S. 176 (2004)
• Diamond v. Diehr · 450 U.S. 175 (1981)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Amax Coal Co. · 453 U.S. 322 (1981)
• Diamond v. Chakrabarty · 447 U.S. 303 (1980)
• Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United States · 556 U.S. 599 (2009)
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• BP America Production Co. Ex Rel. Amoco Production Co. v. Burton · 549 U.S. 84 (2006)
• Summit Valley Industries, Inc. v. Local 112, United Brotherhood of Carpenters · 456 U.S. 717 (1982)
• Morse v. Republican Party of Virginia · 517 U.S. 186 (1996)
• Lukhard v. Reed · 481 U.S. 368 (1987)
• Delaware v. Pennsylvania · 598 U.S. 115 (2023)

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