Santa Fe Industries, Inc., et al. v. Green et al.

Decided March 23, 1977. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 75-1753 · 430 U.S. 462 (1977) · Cited 1,218 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

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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.

• Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder · 425 U.S. 185 (1976)
• Cort v. Ash · 422 U.S. 66 (1975)
• Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores · 421 U.S. 723 (1975)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Capital Gains Research Bureau, Inc. · 375 U.S. 180 (1963)
• Superintendent of Insurance of New York v. Bankers Life & Casualty Co. · 404 U.S. 6 (1971)
• Affiliated Ute Citizens of Utah v. United States · 406 U.S. 128 (1972)
• TSC Industries, Inc. v. Northway, Inc. · 426 U.S. 438 (1976)
• Pepper v. Litton · 308 U.S. 295 (1939)
• Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co. · 396 U.S. 375 (1970)
• J. I. Case Co. v. Borak · 377 U.S. 426 (1964)

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• Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. · 552 U.S. 148 (2008)
• Basic Inc. v. Levinson · 485 U.S. 224 (1988)
• Transamerica Mortgage Advisors, Inc. v. Lewis · 444 U.S. 11 (1979)
• Chiarella v. United States · 445 U.S. 222 (1980)
• Burks v. Lasker · 441 U.S. 471 (1979)
• Lorenzo v. SEC. & Exch. Comm'n · 587 U.S. 71 (2019)
• Sedima, S. P. R. L. v. Imrex Co. · 473 U.S. 479 (1985)
• Cannon v. University of Chicago · 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
• Touche Ross & Co. v. Redington · 442 U.S. 560 (1979)
• Dirks v. Securities & Exchange Commission · 463 U.S. 646 (1983)
• Schreiber v. Burlington Northern, Inc. · 472 U.S. 1 (1985)
• Musick, Peeler & Garrett v. Employers Ins. of Wausau · 508 U.S. 286 (1993)
• Shaffer v. Heitner · 433 U.S. 186 (1977)
• Patterson v. McLean Credit Union · 491 U.S. 164 (1989)
• Southeastern Community College v. Davis · 442 U.S. 397 (1979)
• Lampf, Pleva, Lipkind, Prupis & Petigrow v. Gilbertson · 501 U.S. 350 (1991)
• Pinter v. Dahl · 486 U.S. 622 (1988)
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Curran · 456 U.S. 353 (1982)
• Virginia Bankshares, Inc. v. Sandberg · 501 U.S. 1083 (1991)
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Daniel · 439 U.S. 551 (1979)
• United States v. O'Hagan · 521 U.S. 642 (1997)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Zandford · 535 U.S. 813 (2002)
• Randall v. Loftsgaarden · 478 U.S. 647 (1986)
• Greyhound Corp. v. Mt. Hood Stages, Inc. · 437 U.S. 322 (1978)

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