Texas Industries, Inc. v. Radcliff Materials, Inc., et al.

Decided May 26, 1981. Warren Earl Burger delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 79-1144 · 451 U.S. 630 (1981) · Cited 882 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Wheeldin v. Wheeler · 373 U.S. 647 (1963)
• Edmonds v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique · 443 U.S. 256 (1979)
• Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc. · 401 U.S. 321 (1971)
• Touche Ross & Co. v. Redington · 442 U.S. 560 (1979)
• United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · 438 U.S. 422 (1978)
• Banco Nacional De Cuba v. Sabbatino · 376 U.S. 398 (1964)
• Hawaii v. Standard Oil Co. of Cal. · 405 U.S. 251 (1972)
• Perma Life Mufflers, Inc. v. International Parts Corp. · 392 U.S. 134 (1968)
• United States v. Little Lake Misere Land Co. · 412 U.S. 580 (1973)
• Cooper Stevedoring Co. v. Fritz Kopke, Inc. · 417 U.S. 106 (1974)
• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins · 304 U.S. 64 (1938)
• Cort v. Ash · 422 U.S. 66 (1975)
• Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills of Ala. · 353 U.S. 448 (1957)
• Brunswick Corp. v. Pueblo Bowl-O-Mat, Inc. · 429 U.S. 477 (1977)
• Transamerica Mortgage Advisors, Inc. v. Lewis · 444 U.S. 11 (1979)
• Illinois Brick Co. v. Illinois · 431 U.S. 720 (1977)
• Reiter v. Sonotone Corp. · 442 U.S. 330 (1979)
• Clearfield Trust Co. v. United States · 318 U.S. 363 (1943)
• National Society of Professional Engineers v. United States · 435 U.S. 679 (1978)
• United States v. Topco Associates, Inc. · 405 U.S. 596 (1972)
• Piper v. Chris-Craft Industries, Inc. · 430 U.S. 1 (1977)
• Illinois v. City of Milwaukee · 406 U.S. 91 (1972)
• Connolly v. Union Sewer Pipe Co. · 184 U.S. 540 (1902)
• United States v. Standard Oil Co. Of California · 332 U.S. 301 (1947)
• Theatre Enterprises, Inc. v. Paramount Film Distributing Corp. · 346 U.S. 537 (1954)
• Fitzgerald v. United States Lines Co. · 374 U.S. 16 (1963)
• Universities Research Assn., Inc. v. Coutu · 450 U.S. 754 (1981)
• Diamond v. Chakrabarty · 447 U.S. 303 (1980)
• Hinderlider v. La Plata River & Cherry Creek Ditch Co. · 304 U.S. 92 (1938)
• Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n v. Parnell · 352 U.S. 29 (1956)

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• American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Inc. v. Hydrolevel Corp. · 456 U.S. 556 (1982)
• Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Hyatt · 587 U.S. 230 (2019)
• Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain · 542 U.S. 692 (2004)
• Boyle v. United Technologies Corp. · 487 U.S. 500 (1988)
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Curran · 456 U.S. 353 (1982)
• Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc. · 551 U.S. 877 (2007)
• Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Aviall Services, Inc. · 543 U.S. 157 (2004)
• Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. · 579 U.S. 197 (2016)
• United States v. Mitchell · 463 U.S. 206 (1983)
• Stewart Organization, Inc. v. Ricoh Corp. · 487 U.S. 22 (1988)
• Middlesex County Sewerage Authority v. National Sea Clammers Assn. · 453 U.S. 1 (1981)
• Atherton v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. · 519 U.S. 213 (1997)
• Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation · 596 U.S. 107 (2022)
• Harlow v. Fitzgerald · 457 U.S. 800 (1982)
• Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Thompson Ex Rel. Thompson · 478 U.S. 804 (1986)
• Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. Russell · 473 U.S. 134 (1985)
• Fidelity Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. De La Cuesta · 458 U.S. 141 (1982)
• Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States Ex Rel. Stevens · 529 U.S. 765 (2000)
• Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools · 503 U.S. 60 (1992)
• Pinter v. Dahl · 486 U.S. 622 (1988)
• National Farmers Union Insurance v. Crow Tribe of Indians · 471 U.S. 845 (1985)
• Thompson v. Thompson · 484 U.S. 174 (1988)
• Key Tronic Corp. v. United States · 511 U.S. 809 (1994)
• Camps Newfound/Owatonna, Inc. v. Town of Harrison · 520 U.S. 564 (1997)
• Collins v. Virginia · 584 U.S. 586 (2018)
• United States v. Atlantic Research Corp. · 551 U.S. 128 (2007)
• Jackson Transit Authority v. Local Division 1285, Amalgamated Transit Union · 457 U.S. 15 (1982)
• Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC · 584 U.S. 241 (2018)

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