State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. United States, Ex Rel Rigsby

Decided December 6, 2016. Anthony McLeod Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 15-513 · 580 U.S. 26 (2016) · Cited 109 times

Holding

The Ninth Circuit properly applied Dirks to affrm Salman's conviction.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

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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.

• Hallstrom v. Tillamook County · 493 U.S. 20 (1989)
• Graham County Soil & Water Conservation District v. United States Ex Rel. Wilson · 559 U.S. 280 (2010)
• Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States Ex Rel. Stevens · 529 U.S. 765 (2000)
• Chambers v. Nasco, Inc. · 501 U.S. 32 (1991)
• McNeil v. United States · 508 U.S. 106 (1993)
• Rockwell International Corp. v. United States · 549 U.S. 457 (2007)
• Whitfield v. United States · 543 U.S. 209 (2005)
• United States v. Montalvo-Murillo · 495 U.S. 711 (1990)
• United States Ex Rel. Texas Portland Cement Co. v. McCord · 233 U.S. 157 (1914)
• Marx v. General Revenue Corp. · 568 U.S. 371 (2013)
• Kingdomware Technologies, Inc. v. United States · 579 U.S. 162 (2016)
• Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. v. United States Ex Rel. Carter · 575 U.S. 650 (2015)

Cited by

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• Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. SW Gen., Inc. · 580 U.S. 288 (2017)
• Georgia v. Public Resource.Org, Inc. · 590 U.S. 255 (2020)
• Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas · 596 U.S. 685 (2022)

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