Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.

Decided May 19, 2014. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 12-1315 · 572 U.S. 663 (2014) · Cited 433 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“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.

• National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Morgan · 536 U.S. 101 (2002)
• Bay Area Laundry & Dry Cleaning Pension Trust Fund v. Ferbar Corp. of California, Inc. · 522 U.S. 192 (1997)
• Holmberg v. Armbrecht · 327 U.S. 392 (1946)
• Countyof Oneida v. Oneida Indian Nation of NY · 470 U.S. 226 (1985)
• Stewart v. Abend · 495 U.S. 207 (1990)
• Merck & Co. v. Reynolds · 559 U.S. 633 (2010)
• United States v. MacK · 295 U.S. 480 (1935)
• Klehr v. A. O. Smith Corp. · 521 U.S. 179 (1997)
• Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · 387 U.S. 136 (1967)
• Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · 455 U.S. 385 (1982)
• Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc. · 421 U.S. 454 (1975)
• Havens Realty Corp. v. Coleman · 455 U.S. 363 (1982)
• Fogerty v. Fantasy, Inc. · 510 U.S. 517 (1994)
• Lampf, Pleva, Lipkind, Prupis & Petigrow v. Gilbertson · 501 U.S. 350 (1991)
• Astoria Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Solimino · 501 U.S. 104 (1991)
• Porter v. Warner Holding Co. · 328 U.S. 395 (1946)
• Young v. United States · 535 U.S. 43 (2002)
• Galliher v. Cadwell · 145 U.S. 368 (1892)
• Sheldon v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corp. · 309 U.S. 390 (1940)
• Russell v. Todd · 309 U.S. 280 (1940)
• Wehrman v. Conklin · 155 U.S. 314 (1894)

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• SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Products, LLC · 580 U.S. 328 (2017)
• Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy · 601 U.S. 366 (2024)
• Liu v. SEC. & Exch. Comm'n · 591 U.S. 71 (2020)

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