Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts et al.

Decided June 26, 1985. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 84-233 · 472 U.S. 797 (1985) · Cited 1,691 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

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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.

• Allstate Insurance v. Hague · 449 U.S. 302 (1981)
• International Shoe Co. v. Washington · 326 U.S. 310 (1945)
• Hansberry v. Lee · 311 U.S. 32 (1940)
• World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson · 444 U.S. 286 (1980)
• Home Insurance v. Dick · 281 U.S. 397 (1930)
• Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. · 339 U.S. 306 (1950)
• Hanson v. Denckla · 357 U.S. 235 (1958)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• Singleton v. Wulff · 428 U.S. 106 (1976)
• Insurance Corp. of Ireland v. Compagnie Des Bauxites De Guinee · 456 U.S. 694 (1982)
• Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin · 417 U.S. 156 (1974)
• Shaffer v. Heitner · 433 U.S. 186 (1977)
• Pennsylvania Fire Insurance v. Gold Issue Mining & Milling Co. · 243 U.S. 93 (1917)
• John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. Yates · 299 U.S. 178 (1936)
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · 313 U.S. 487 (1941)
• Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · 454 U.S. 464 (1982)
• Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · 429 U.S. 252 (1977)
• Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization · 426 U.S. 26 (1976)
• Keeton v. Hustler Magazine, Inc. · 465 U.S. 770 (1984)
• Craig v. Boren · 429 U.S. 190 (1976)
• Guaranty Trust Co. v. York · 326 U.S. 99 (1945)
• Gladstone, Realtors v. Village of Bellwood · 441 U.S. 91 (1979)
• Sprague v. Ticonic National Bank · 307 U.S. 161 (1939)
• Estin v. Estin · 334 U.S. 541 (1948)
• Doremus v. Board of Ed. of Hawthorne · 342 U.S. 429 (1952)
• Nevada v. Hall · 440 U.S. 410 (1979)
• Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin · 347 U.S. 672 (1954)
• Alaska Packers Assn. v. Industrial Accident Comm'n of Cal. · 294 U.S. 532 (1935)
• Pacific Employers Insurance v. Industrial Accident Comm'n · 306 U.S. 493 (1939)

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• Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., San Francisco Cty. · 582 U.S. 255 (2017)
• Ortiz v. Fibreboard Corp. · 527 U.S. 815 (1999)
• Sun Oil Co. v. Wortman · 486 U.S. 717 (1988)
• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. v. Epstein · 516 U.S. 367 (1996)
• Medellin v. Texas · 552 U.S. 491 (2008)
• Richards v. Jefferson County · 517 U.S. 793 (1996)
• Ticor Title Insurance v. Brown · 511 U.S. 117 (1994)
• Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor · 521 U.S. 591 (1997)
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes · 564 U.S. 338 (2011)
• Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., Solano Cty. · 480 U.S. 102 (1987)
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Campbell · 538 U.S. 408 (2003)
• United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 751 v. Brown Group, Inc. · 517 U.S. 544 (1996)
• International Paper Co. v. Ouellette · 479 U.S. 481 (1987)
• Baker v. General Motors Corp. · 522 U.S. 222 (1998)
• Smith v. Bayer Corp. · 564 U.S. 299 (2011)
• American Ins. Assn. v. Garamendi · 539 U.S. 396 (2003)
• Powell v. Nevada · 511 U.S. 79 (1994)
• Gollust v. Mendell · 501 U.S. 115 (1991)
• National Pork Producers Council v. Ross · 598 U.S. 356 (2023)

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