Touche Ross & Co. v. Redington, Trustee, et al.

Decided June 18, 1979. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 78-309 · 442 U.S. 560 (1979) · Cited 1,881 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–1.

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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.

• Cort v. Ash · 422 U.S. 66 (1975)
• Cannon v. University of Chicago · 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
• J. I. Case Co. v. Borak · 377 U.S. 426 (1964)
• Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder · 425 U.S. 185 (1976)
• Securities Investor Protection Corp. v. Barbour · 421 U.S. 412 (1975)
• Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores · 421 U.S. 723 (1975)
• Allen v. State Board of Elections · 393 U.S. 544 (1969)
• National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. National Assn. of Railroad Passengers · 414 U.S. 453 (1974)
• T. I. M. E. Inc. v. United States · 359 U.S. 464 (1959)
• Santa Fe Industries, Inc. v. Green · 430 U.S. 462 (1977)
• Superintendent of Insurance of New York v. Bankers Life & Casualty Co. · 404 U.S. 6 (1971)
• Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc. · 421 U.S. 454 (1975)
• Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez · 436 U.S. 49 (1978)
• Chrysler Corp. v. Brown · 441 U.S. 281 (1979)
• Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. · 392 U.S. 409 (1968)
• Sullivan v. Little Hunting Park, Inc. · 396 U.S. 229 (1969)
• Piper v. Chris-Craft Industries, Inc. · 430 U.S. 1 (1977)
• Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Rigsby · 241 U.S. 33 (1916)
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Daniel · 439 U.S. 551 (1979)
• Wheeldin v. Wheeler · 373 U.S. 647 (1963)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Sloan · 436 U.S. 103 (1978)

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• Transamerica Mortgage Advisors, Inc. v. Lewis · 444 U.S. 11 (1979)
• California v. Sierra Club · 451 U.S. 287 (1981)
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Curran · 456 U.S. 353 (1982)
• Thompson v. Thompson · 484 U.S. 174 (1988)
• Universities Research Assn., Inc. v. Coutu · 450 U.S. 754 (1981)
• Alexander v. Sandoval · 532 U.S. 275 (2001)
• Middlesex County Sewerage Authority v. National Sea Clammers Assn. · 453 U.S. 1 (1981)
• Virginia Bankshares, Inc. v. Sandberg · 501 U.S. 1083 (1991)
• Musick, Peeler & Garrett v. Employers Ins. of Wausau · 508 U.S. 286 (1993)
• Ziglar v. Abbasi · 582 U.S. 120 (2017)
• Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools · 503 U.S. 60 (1992)
• Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. · 552 U.S. 148 (2008)
• Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Transport Workers Union · 451 U.S. 77 (1981)
• Pinter v. Dahl · 486 U.S. 622 (1988)
• Sandoz Inc. v. Amgen Inc. · 582 U.S. 1 (2017)
• Carlson v. Green · 446 U.S. 14 (1980)
• Central Bank of Denver, N. A. v. First Interstate Bank of Denver, N. A. · 511 U.S. 164 (1994)
• Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection Corporation · 503 U.S. 258 (1992)
• Texas Industries, Inc. v. Radcliff Materials, Inc. · 451 U.S. 630 (1981)
• Guardians Assn. v. Civil Serv. Comm'n of New York City · 463 U.S. 582 (1983)
• United States v. Mitchell · 463 U.S. 206 (1983)
• Gonzaga University v. Doe · 536 U.S. 273 (2002)
• 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)
• Maine v. Thiboutot · 448 U.S. 1 (1980)
• Herman & MacLean v. Huddleston · 459 U.S. 375 (1983)
• Wilder v. Virginia Hospital Assn. · 496 U.S. 498 (1990)
• Chiarella v. United States · 445 U.S. 222 (1980)
• Kissinger v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press · 445 U.S. 136 (1980)
• Lewis v. United States · 445 U.S. 55 (1980)

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