Stewart Organization, Inc., et al. v. Ricoh Corp. et al.

Decided June 20, 1988. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 86-1908 · 487 U.S. 22 (1988) · Cited 3,025 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.

• Hanna v. Plumer · 380 U.S. 460 (1965)
• The Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co. · 407 U.S. 1 (1972)
• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins · 304 U.S. 64 (1938)
• Burlington Northern Railroad v. Woods · 480 U.S. 1 (1987)
• Walker v. Armco Steel Corp. · 446 U.S. 740 (1980)
• DelCostello v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters · 462 U.S. 151 (1983)
• Van Dusen v. Barrack · 376 U.S. 612 (1964)
• Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · 337 U.S. 541 (1949)
• Texas Industries, Inc. v. Radcliff Materials, Inc. · 451 U.S. 630 (1981)
• Norwood v. Kirkpatrick · 349 U.S. 29 (1955)
• Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · 313 U.S. 487 (1941)
• Prima Paint Corp. v. Flood & Conklin Mfg. Co. · 388 U.S. 395 (1967)
• Southland Corp. v. Keating · 465 U.S. 1 (1984)
• Commissioner v. Estate of Bosch · 387 U.S. 456 (1967)
• Scherk v. Alberto-Culver Co. · 417 U.S. 506 (1974)
• Budinich v. Becton Dickinson & Co. · 486 U.S. 196 (1988)
• Palmer v. Hoffman · 318 U.S. 109 (1943)
• Bernhardt v. Polygraphic Co. of America, Inc. · 350 U.S. 198 (1956)
• Sibbach v. Wilson & Co. · 312 U.S. 1 (1941)
• Ex Parte Collett · 337 U.S. 55 (1949)
• Campbell v. Haverhill · 155 U.S. 610 (1895)

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• Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute · 499 U.S. 585 (1991)
• Ferens v. John Deere Co. · 494 U.S. 516 (1990)
• Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. James N. Kirby, Pty Ltd. · 543 U.S. 14 (2004)
• Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services · 605 U.S. 303 (2025)

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