Southland Corp. et al. v. Keating et al.

Decided January 23, 1984. Warren Earl Burger delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 82-500 · 465 U.S. 1 (1984) · Cited 1,927 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“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.

• Prima Paint Corp. v. Flood & Conklin Mfg. Co. · 388 U.S. 395 (1967)
• Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp. · 460 U.S. 1 (1983)
• Bernhardt v. Polygraphic Co. of America, Inc. · 350 U.S. 198 (1956)
• Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn · 420 U.S. 469 (1975)
• Wilko v. Swan · 346 U.S. 427 (1953)
• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins · 304 U.S. 64 (1938)
• The Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co. · 407 U.S. 1 (1972)
• Gibbons v. Ogden · 22 U.S. 1 (1824)
• Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills of Ala. · 353 U.S. 448 (1957)
• Scherk v. Alberto-Culver Co. · 417 U.S. 506 (1974)
• Boys Markets, Inc. v. Retail Clerks Union, Local 770 · 398 U.S. 235 (1970)
• United States v. Kimbell Foods, Inc. · 440 U.S. 715 (1979)
• Clearfield Trust Co. v. United States · 318 U.S. 363 (1943)
• Ray v. Atlantic Richfield Co. · 435 U.S. 151 (1978)
• Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. Bombolis · 241 U.S. 211 (1916)
• Wallis v. Pan American Petroleum Corp. · 384 U.S. 63 (1966)
• Red Cross Line v. Atlantic Fruit Co. · 264 U.S. 109 (1924)
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Ware · 414 U.S. 117 (1973)
• Brown v. Western R. Co. of Ala. · 338 U.S. 294 (1949)
• Wilson v. Omaha Indian Tribe · 442 U.S. 653 (1979)
• Missouri Ex Rel. Southern Railway Co. v. Mayfield · 340 U.S. 1 (1950)
• Paramount Famous Lasky Corp. v. United States · 282 U.S. 30 (1930)

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• Perry v. Thomas · 482 U.S. 483 (1987)
• Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc. · 473 U.S. 614 (1985)
• Volt Info. Sciences, Inc. v. Bd. of Trustees of Leland Stanford Jr. U. · 489 U.S. 468 (1989)
• Hall Street Associates, L. L. C. v. Mattel, Inc. · 552 U.S. 576 (2008)
• Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams · 532 U.S. 105 (2001)
• Doctor's Associates, Inc. v. Casarotto · 517 U.S. 681 (1996)
• Buckeye Check Cashing, Inc. v. Cardegna · 546 U.S. 440 (2006)
• Vaden v. Discover Bank · 556 U.S. 49 (2009)
• New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira · 586 U.S. 105 (2019)
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Waffle House, Inc. · 534 U.S. 279 (2002)
• Mastrobuono v. Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc. · 514 U.S. 52 (1995)
• Nitro-Lift Technologies, L. L. C. v. Howard · 568 U.S. 17 (2012)
• Stewart Organization, Inc. v. Ricoh Corp. · 487 U.S. 22 (1988)
• Gilmer v. Interstate/Johnson Lane Corp. · 500 U.S. 20 (1991)
• Shearson/American Express Inc. v. McMahon · 482 U.S. 220 (1987)
• Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena · 515 U.S. 200 (1995)
• Howlett Ex Rel. Howlett v. Rose · 496 U.S. 356 (1990)
• Marmet Health Care Center, Inc. v. Brown · 565 U.S. 530 (2012)
• Johnson v. Fankell · 520 U.S. 911 (1997)
• Badgerow v. Walters · 596 U.S. 1 (2022)
• Kpmg LLP v. Cocchi · 565 U.S. 18 (2011)

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