Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno, Personal Representative of the Estates of Fehilly et al.

Decided December 8, 1981. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 80-848 · 454 U.S. 235 (1981) · Cited 4,581 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 4–3.

“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.

• Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert · 330 U.S. 501 (1947)
• Van Dusen v. Barrack · 376 U.S. 612 (1964)
• Koster v. (American) Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. · 330 U.S. 518 (1947)
• Canada Malting Co. v. Paterson Steamships, Ltd. · 285 U.S. 413 (1932)
• Williams v. Green Bay & Western Railroad · 326 U.S. 549 (1946)
• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins · 304 U.S. 64 (1938)
• Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · 313 U.S. 487 (1941)
• Olmstead v. United States · 277 U.S. 438 (1928)
• Norwood v. Kirkpatrick · 349 U.S. 29 (1955)
• Redrup v. New York · 386 U.S. 767 (1967)
• Swift & Co. Packers v. Compania Colombiana Del Caribe, S. A. · 339 U.S. 684 (1950)

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• Quackenbush v. Allstate Insurance · 517 U.S. 706 (1996)
• Van Cauwenberghe v. Biard · 486 U.S. 517 (1988)
• Sinochem International Co. v. Malaysia International Shipping Corp. · 549 U.S. 422 (2007)
• Pierce v. Underwood · 487 U.S. 552 (1988)
• United States v. Taylor · 487 U.S. 326 (1988)
• Ferens v. John Deere Co. · 494 U.S. 516 (1990)
• Legal Services Corp. v. Velazquez · 531 U.S. 533 (2001)
• National Rifle Association of America v. Vullo · 602 U.S. 175 (2024)
• Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic Int'l, Inc. · 600 U.S. 412 (2023)

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