St. Mary'S Honor Center, et al. v. Melvin Hicks

Decided June 25, 1993. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 92-602 · 509 U.S. 502 (1993) · Cited 8,844 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · 450 U.S. 248 (1981)
• United States Postal Service Board of Governors v. Aikens · 460 U.S. 711 (1983)
• McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · 411 U.S. 792 (1973)
• Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters · 438 U.S. 567 (1978)
• Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins · 490 U.S. 228 (1989)
• Patterson v. McLean Credit Union · 491 U.S. 164 (1989)
• Watson v. Fort Worth Bank & Trust · 487 U.S. 977 (1988)
• Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio · 490 U.S. 642 (1989)
• Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · 470 U.S. 564 (1985)
• Cooper v. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond · 467 U.S. 867 (1984)

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• Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. v. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System · 594 U.S. 113 (2021)
• Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. · 530 U.S. 133 (2000)
• ABF Freight System, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 510 U.S. 317 (1994)
• Ricci v. DeStefano · 557 U.S. 557 (2009)
• Bowles v. Russell · 551 U.S. 205 (2007)
• O'CONNOR v. Consolidated Coin Caterers Corp. · 517 U.S. 308 (1996)
• Snyder v. Louisiana · 552 U.S. 472 (2008)
• Schaffer Ex Rel. Schaffer v. Weast · 546 U.S. 49 (2005)
• Green v. Brennan · 578 U.S. 547 (2016)
• Georgia v. Public Resource.Org, Inc. · 590 U.S. 255 (2020)
• Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC · 601 U.S. 23 (2024)
• Purkett v. Elem · 514 U.S. 765 (1995)
• Johnson v. California · 545 U.S. 162 (2005)

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