Saint Francis College et al. v. Al-Khazraji, Aka Allan

Decided May 18, 1987. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 85-2169 · 481 U.S. 604 (1987) · Cited 918 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.

• Wilson v. Garcia · 471 U.S. 261 (1985)
• Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson · 404 U.S. 97 (1971)
• Runyon v. McCrary · 427 U.S. 160 (1976)
• Espinoza v. Farah Manufacturing Co. · 414 U.S. 86 (1973)
• McDonald v. Santa Fe Trail Transportation Co. · 427 U.S. 273 (1976)
• Thorpe v. Housing Authority of Durham · 393 U.S. 268 (1969)
• Hirabayashi v. United States · 320 U.S. 81 (1943)
• Hernandez v. Texas · 347 U.S. 475 (1954)
• Gulf Offshore Co. v. Mobil Oil Corp. · 453 U.S. 473 (1981)
• Oyama v. California · 332 U.S. 633 (1948)
• Hurd v. Hodge · 334 U.S. 24 (1948)

Cited by

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

• Lampf, Pleva, Lipkind, Prupis & Petigrow v. Gilbertson · 501 U.S. 350 (1991)
• American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Smith · 496 U.S. 167 (1990)
• Landgraf v. USI Film Products · 511 U.S. 244 (1994)
• Patterson v. McLean Credit Union · 491 U.S. 164 (1989)
• Jett v. Dallas Independent School District · 491 U.S. 701 (1989)
• Rodriguez De Quijas v. Shearson/American Express, Inc. · 490 U.S. 477 (1989)
• McNally v. United States · 483 U.S. 350 (1987)
• Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. v. Bonjorno · 494 U.S. 827 (1990)
• Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc. · 514 U.S. 211 (1995)
• CBOCS West, Inc. v. Humphries · 553 U.S. 442 (2008)
• Olmstead v. L.C. · 527 U.S. 581 (1999)
• Reynoldsville Casket Co. v. Hyde · 514 U.S. 749 (1995)
• Rice v. Cayetano · 528 U.S. 495 (2000)

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