Professional Real Estate Investors, Inc., et al. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., et al.

Decided May 3, 1993. Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 91-1043 · 508 U.S. 49 (1993) · Cited 953 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc. · 365 U.S. 127 (1961)
• California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited · 404 U.S. 508 (1972)
• City of Columbia v. Omni Outdoor Advertising, Inc. · 499 U.S. 365 (1991)
• Allied Tube & Conduit Corp. v. Indian Head, Inc. · 486 U.S. 492 (1988)
• United Mine Workers v. Pennington · 381 U.S. 657 (1965)
• Vendo Co. v. Lektro-Vend Corp. · 433 U.S. 623 (1977)
• Stewart v. Sonneborn · 98 U.S. 187 (1879)
• Farrar v. Hobby · 506 U.S. 103 (1992)
• Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 434 U.S. 412 (1978)
• Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp. · 370 U.S. 690 (1962)
• Walker Process Equipment, Inc. v. Food MacHinery & Chemical Corp. · 382 U.S. 172 (1965)
• Otter Tail Power Co. v. United States · 410 U.S. 366 (1973)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Superior Court Trial Lawyers Ass'n · 493 U.S. 411 (1990)
• Crescent City Live Stock Co. v. Batchers' Union Slaughter-House Co. · 120 U.S. 141 (1887)
• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · 477 U.S. 242 (1986)
• Hughes v. Rowe · 449 U.S. 5 (1980)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Co. · 458 U.S. 886 (1982)
• Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. · 464 U.S. 417 (1984)
• Wyatt v. Cole · 504 U.S. 158 (1992)
• Bill Johnson's Restaurants, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 461 U.S. 731 (1983)
• National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma · 468 U.S. 85 (1984)
• International Salt Co. v. United States · 332 U.S. 392 (1947)
• Spectrum Sports, Inc. v. McQuillan · 506 U.S. 447 (1993)
• Schwegmann Bros. v. Calvert Distillers Corp. · 341 U.S. 384 (1951)
• Cantor v. Detroit Edison Co. · 428 U.S. 579 (1976)
• Timken Roller Bearing Co. v. United States · 341 U.S. 593 (1951)
• United Shoe MacHinery Corp. v. United States · 258 U.S. 451 (1922)
• Director General of Railroads v. Kastenbaum · 263 U.S. 25 (1923)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• BE&K Construction Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 536 U.S. 516 (2002)
• F.T.C. v. Actavis, Inc. · 570 U.S. 136 (2013)
• Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri · 564 U.S. 379 (2011)

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