Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., Robert Babb, Edee Templet, and Kenneth a. Devun v. Hurley Henson

Decided November 5, 2002. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 01-757 · 537 U.S. 28 (2002) · Cited 1,396 times

Holding

The All Writs Act does not furnish removal jurisdiction.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• United States v. New York Telephone Co. · 434 U.S. 159 (1977)
• Peacock v. Thomas · 516 U.S. 349 (1996)
• Pennsylvania Bureau of Correction v. United States Marshals Service · 474 U.S. 34 (1985)
• Clinton v. Goldsmith · 526 U.S. 529 (1999)
• Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America · 511 U.S. 375 (1994)
• Shamrock Oil & Gas Corp. v. Sheets · 313 U.S. 100 (1941)
• Kline v. Burke Construction Co. · 260 U.S. 226 (1922)
• Great Northern Railway Co. v. Alexander · 246 U.S. 276 (1918)
• Healy v. Ratta · 292 U.S. 263 (1934)
• Matthews v. Rodgers · 284 U.S. 521 (1932)

Cited by

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

• Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Services, Inc. · 545 U.S. 546 (2005)
• United States v. Denedo · 556 U.S. 904 (2009)
• BP p.l.c. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore · 593 U.S. 230 (2021)
• Shoop v. Twyford · 596 U.S. 811 (2022)

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