Piper et al. v. Chris-Craft Industries, Inc.

Decided February 23, 1977. Warren Earl Burger delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 75-353 · 430 U.S. 1 (1977) · Cited 704 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• J. I. Case Co. v. Borak · 377 U.S. 426 (1964)
• Cort v. Ash · 422 U.S. 66 (1975)
• Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co. · 396 U.S. 375 (1970)
• Affiliated Ute Citizens of Utah v. United States · 406 U.S. 128 (1972)
• Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores · 421 U.S. 723 (1975)
• Rondeau v. Mosinee Paper Corp. · 422 U.S. 49 (1975)
• Superintendent of Insurance of New York v. Bankers Life & Casualty Co. · 404 U.S. 6 (1971)
• Scripps-Howard Radio, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 316 U.S. 4 (1942)
• Mapp v. Ohio · 367 U.S. 643 (1961)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder · 425 U.S. 185 (1976)
• Udall v. Tallman · 380 U.S. 1 (1965)
• TSC Industries, Inc. v. Northway, Inc. · 426 U.S. 438 (1976)
• Department of the Air Force v. Rose · 425 U.S. 352 (1976)
• Sibbach v. Wilson & Co. · 312 U.S. 1 (1941)
• Perma Life Mufflers, Inc. v. International Parts Corp. · 392 U.S. 134 (1968)
• Deckert v. Independence Shares Corp. · 311 U.S. 282 (1940)
• United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America v. United States · 330 U.S. 395 (1947)
• Mahler v. Eby · 264 U.S. 32 (1924)
• United States v. Public Utilities Commission · 345 U.S. 295 (1953)
• United States v. National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. · 422 U.S. 694 (1975)
• Oregon Ex Rel. State Land Board v. Corvallis Sand & Gravel Co. · 429 U.S. 363 (1977)

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• CTS Corp. v. Dynamics Corp. of America · 481 U.S. 69 (1987)
• Ziglar v. Abbasi · 582 U.S. 120 (2017)
• Cannon v. University of Chicago · 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
• Edgar v. Mite Corp. · 457 U.S. 624 (1982)
• Schreiber v. Burlington Northern, Inc. · 472 U.S. 1 (1985)
• Musick, Peeler & Garrett v. Employers Ins. of Wausau · 508 U.S. 286 (1993)
• E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Collins · 432 U.S. 46 (1977)
• Touche Ross & Co. v. Redington · 442 U.S. 560 (1979)
• Transamerica Mortgage Advisors, Inc. v. Lewis · 444 U.S. 11 (1979)
• Herman & MacLean v. Huddleston · 459 U.S. 375 (1983)
• Chiarella v. United States · 445 U.S. 222 (1980)
• Texas Industries, Inc. v. Radcliff Materials, Inc. · 451 U.S. 630 (1981)
• American Tobacco Co. v. Patterson · 456 U.S. 63 (1982)
• Leroy v. Great Western United Corp. · 443 U.S. 173 (1979)
• United States v. Locke · 471 U.S. 84 (1985)
• CBOCS West, Inc. v. Humphries · 553 U.S. 442 (2008)
• Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Transport Workers Union · 451 U.S. 77 (1981)
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Curran · 456 U.S. 353 (1982)
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Daniel · 439 U.S. 551 (1979)
• Dirks v. Securities & Exchange Commission · 463 U.S. 646 (1983)
• Janus Capital Group, Inc. v. First Derivative Traders · 564 U.S. 135 (2011)
• Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority v. Citizens for the Abatement of Aircraft Noise, Inc. · 501 U.S. 252 (1991)
• New England Power Co. v. New Hampshire · 455 U.S. 331 (1982)
• United States v. Clark · 454 U.S. 555 (1982)

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