State of Wyoming v. State of Oklahoma

Decided January 22, 1992. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 112 ORIG · 502 U.S. 437 (1992) · Cited 418 times

Holding

A guerrilla organization’s attempt to coerce a person into performing military service does not necessarily constitute “persecution on account of...political opinion” under § 101(a)(42) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission · 432 U.S. 333 (1977)
• Maryland v. Louisiana · 451 U.S. 725 (1981)
• Warth v. Seldin · 422 U.S. 490 (1975)
• Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation · 497 U.S. 871 (1990)
• Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization · 426 U.S. 26 (1976)
• Illinois v. City of Milwaukee · 406 U.S. 91 (1972)
• H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. v. Du Mond · 336 U.S. 525 (1949)
• Air Courier Conference of America v. American Postal Workers Union · 498 U.S. 517 (1991)
• Maine v. Taylor · 477 U.S. 131 (1986)
• Bacchus Imports, Ltd. v. Dias · 468 U.S. 263 (1984)
• Boston Stock Exchange v. State Tax Commission · 429 U.S. 318 (1977)
• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · 477 U.S. 242 (1986)
• Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · 398 U.S. 144 (1970)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• Allen v. Wright · 468 U.S. 737 (1984)
• Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · 454 U.S. 464 (1982)
• Associated General Contractors of California, Inc. v. California State Council of Carpenters · 459 U.S. 519 (1983)
• Whitmore Ex Rel. Simmons v. Arkansas · 495 U.S. 149 (1990)
• Arizona v. California · 460 U.S. 605 (1983)
• Gladstone, Realtors v. Village of Bellwood · 441 U.S. 91 (1979)
• Clarke v. Securities Industry Assn. · 479 U.S. 388 (1987)
• Hughes v. Oklahoma · 441 U.S. 322 (1979)
• Brown-Forman Distillers Corp. v. New York State Liquor Authority · 476 U.S. 573 (1986)
• Pennsylvania v. West Virginia · 262 U.S. 553 (1923)
• Dorchy v. Kansas · 264 U.S. 286 (1924)
• New England Power Co. v. New Hampshire · 455 U.S. 331 (1982)
• Ohio v. Wyandotte Chemicals Corp. · 401 U.S. 493 (1971)
• Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · 397 U.S. 150 (1970)
• Jenkins v. McKeithen · 395 U.S. 411 (1969)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)

Cited by

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

• Florida v. Georgia · 585 U.S. 803 (2018)
• United Haulers Ass'n v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority · 550 U.S. 330 (2007)
• Oregon Waste Systems, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Quality of Ore. · 511 U.S. 93 (1994)
• C & a Carbone, Inc. v. Town of Clarkstown · 511 U.S. 383 (1994)
• Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency · 549 U.S. 497 (2007)
• New York v. United States · 505 U.S. 144 (1992)
• Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. Hunt · 504 U.S. 334 (1992)
• Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc. · 528 U.S. 167 (2000)
• Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection Corporation · 503 U.S. 258 (1992)
• General Motors Corp. v. Tracy · 519 U.S. 278 (1997)
• Camps Newfound/Owatonna, Inc. v. Town of Harrison · 520 U.S. 564 (1997)
• Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. County of Kent · 510 U.S. 355 (1994)
• Fort Gratiot Sanitary Landfill, Inc. v. Michigan Department of Natural Resources · 504 U.S. 353 (1992)
• Associated Industries of Mo. v. Lohman · 511 U.S. 641 (1994)

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