Philip Morris USA v. Mayola Williams, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jesse D. Williams, Deceased

Decided February 20, 2007. Stephen Gerald Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 05-1256 · 549 U.S. 346 (2007) · Cited 322 times

Holding

The test this Court applied to predatory-pricing claims in Brooke Group also applies to predatory-bidding claims.

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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.

• BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore · 517 U.S. 559 (1996)
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Campbell · 538 U.S. 408 (2003)
• Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. · 532 U.S. 424 (2001)
• Browning-Ferris Industries of Vermont, Inc. v. Kelco Disposal, Inc. · 492 U.S. 257 (1989)
• TXO Production Corp. v. Alliance Resources Corp. · 509 U.S. 443 (1993)
• Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Haslip · 499 U.S. 1 (1991)
• Honda Motor Co. v. Oberg · 512 U.S. 415 (1994)
• Collins v. City of Harker Heights · 503 U.S. 115 (1992)
• Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · 523 U.S. 83 (1998)
• Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · 418 U.S. 323 (1974)
• City of Newport v. Fact Concerts, Inc. · 453 U.S. 247 (1981)
• Moore v. City of East Cleveland · 431 U.S. 494 (1977)
• Poe v. Ullman · 367 U.S. 497 (1961)
• Whitney v. California · 274 U.S. 357 (1927)
• Lindsey v. Normet · 405 U.S. 56 (1972)
• Witte v. United States · 515 U.S. 389 (1995)
• Gryger v. Burke · 334 U.S. 728 (1948)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2007). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).