Texas v. United States et al.

Decided March 31, 1998. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 97-29 · 523 U.S. 296 (1998) · Cited 1,234 times

Holding

Texas’s claim is not ripe for adjudication.

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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.

• Renne v. Geary · 501 U.S. 312 (1991)
• Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · 387 U.S. 136 (1967)
• Thomas v. Union Carbide Agricultural Products Co. · 473 U.S. 568 (1985)
• Toilet Goods Ass'n v. Gardner · 387 U.S. 158 (1967)
• International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union, Local 37 v. Boyd · 347 U.S. 222 (1954)
• Presley v. Etowah County Commission · 502 U.S. 491 (1992)
• City of Lockhart v. United States · 460 U.S. 125 (1983)

Cited by

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

• Whitman v. American Trucking Assns., Inc. · 531 U.S. 457 (2001)
• Hamdan v. Rumsfeld · 548 U.S. 557 (2006)
• Trump v. New York · 592 U.S. 125 (2020)

Official text

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