Supreme Court of the United States / October Term 2006

Powerex Corp. v. Reliant Energy Services, Inc., et al.

Decided June 18, 2007. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 05-85 · 551 U.S. 224 (2007) · Cited 390 times

Holding

Sec tion 1447(d) bars appellate consideration of petitioner’s claim that it is a foreign state for FSIA purposes.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.

How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

“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.

Osborn v. Haley · 549 U.S. 225 (2007)
Thermtron Products, Inc. v. Hermansdorfer · 423 U.S. 336 (1976)
Waco v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. · 293 U.S. 140 (1934)
Carnegie-Mellon University v. Cohill · 484 U.S. 343 (1988)
Things Remembered, Inc. v. Petrarca · 516 U.S. 124 (1995)
Kircher v. Putnam Funds Trust · 547 U.S. 633 (2006)
First National City Bank v. Banco Para El Comercio Exterior De Cuba · 462 U.S. 611 (1983)
United States v. Rice · 327 U.S. 742 (1946)
Quackenbush v. Allstate Insurance · 517 U.S. 706 (1996)
Lebron v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation · 513 U.S. 374 (1995)
Connecticut National Bank v. Germain · 503 U.S. 249 (1992)
Morales v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · 504 U.S. 374 (1992)
Wisconsin Department of Corrections v. Schacht · 524 U.S. 381 (1998)
Simpson v. United States · 435 U.S. 6 (1978)
IBP, Inc. v. Alvarez · 546 U.S. 21 (2005)
Ex Parte Republic of Peru · 318 U.S. 578 (1943)
Republic of Mexico v. Hoffman · 324 U.S. 30 (1945)
Dole Food Co. v. Patrickson · 538 U.S. 468 (2003)
Long Island Care at Home, Ltd. v. Coke · 551 U.S. 158 (2007)

Cited by

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Monsalvo Velazquez v. Bondi · 604 U.S. 712 (2025)
BP p.l.c. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore · 593 U.S. 230 (2021)
Arthur Andersen LLP v. Carlisle · 556 U.S. 624 (2009)
Royal Canin U. S. A. v. Wullschleger · 604 U.S. 22 (2025)
Federal Communications Commission v. AT&T Inc. · 562 U.S. 397 (2011)
Watson v. United States · 552 U.S. 74 (2007)
Hall v. United States · 566 U.S. 506 (2012)
Garland v. Gonzalez · 596 U.S. 543 (2022)

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