Rodriguez v. United States

Decided April 21, 2015. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 13-9972 · 575 U.S. 348 (2015) · Cited 2,086 times

Holding

Respondents' state-law antitrust claims are not within the feld of matters pre-empted by the Natural Gas Act.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• Illinois v. Caballes · 543 U.S. 405 (2005)
• Terry v. Ohio · 392 U.S. 1 (1968)
• Arizona v. Johnson · 555 U.S. 323 (2009)
• Whren v. United States · 517 U.S. 806 (1996)
• Pennsylvania v. Mimms · 434 U.S. 106 (1977)
• Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial Dist. Court of Nev., Humboldt Cty. · 542 U.S. 177 (2004)
• Atwater v. City of Lago Vista · 532 U.S. 318 (2001)
• Delaware v. Prouse · 440 U.S. 648 (1979)
• Illinois v. Wardlow · 528 U.S. 119 (2000)
• United States v. Arvizu · 534 U.S. 266 (2002)
• United States v. Sharpe · 470 U.S. 675 (1985)
• Devenpeck v. Alford · 543 U.S. 146 (2004)
• Knowles v. Iowa · 525 U.S. 113 (1998)
• Virginia v. Moore · 553 U.S. 164 (2008)
• Florida v. Royer · 460 U.S. 491 (1983)
• Ornelas v. United States · 517 U.S. 690 (1996)
• Berkemer v. McCarty · 468 U.S. 420 (1984)
• United States v. Sokolow · 490 U.S. 1 (1989)
• Dunaway v. New York · 442 U.S. 200 (1979)
• Arizona v. Gant · 556 U.S. 332 (2009)
• Brigham City v. Stuart · 547 U.S. 398 (2006)
• Michigan v. Summers · 452 U.S. 692 (1981)
• Ohio v. Robinette · 519 U.S. 33 (1996)
• Florida v. Jardines · 569 U.S. 1 (2013)
• Maryland v. Wilson · 519 U.S. 408 (1997)
• City of Indianapolis v. Edmond · 531 U.S. 32 (2000)
• Prado Navarette v. California · 572 U.S. 393 (2014)
• Muehler v. Mena · 544 U.S. 93 (2005)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)

Cited by

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

• Chiaverini v. City of Napoleon · 602 U.S. 556 (2024)

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