Transamerica Mortgage Advisors, Inc. (tama), et al. v. Lewis

Decided November 13, 1979. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 77-1645 · 444 U.S. 11 (1979) · Cited 1,476 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• Cannon v. University of Chicago · 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
• Cort v. Ash · 422 U.S. 66 (1975)
• Touche Ross & Co. v. Redington · 442 U.S. 560 (1979)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Capital Gains Research Bureau, Inc. · 375 U.S. 180 (1963)
• J. I. Case Co. v. Borak · 377 U.S. 426 (1964)
• Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Rigsby · 241 U.S. 33 (1916)
• Securities Investor Protection Corp. v. Barbour · 421 U.S. 412 (1975)
• Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores · 421 U.S. 723 (1975)
• Santa Fe Industries, Inc. v. Green · 430 U.S. 462 (1977)
• National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. National Assn. of Railroad Passengers · 414 U.S. 453 (1974)
• Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · 403 U.S. 388 (1971)
• Davis v. Passman · 442 U.S. 228 (1979)
• Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co. · 396 U.S. 375 (1970)
• Deckert v. Independence Shares Corp. · 311 U.S. 282 (1940)
• Burks v. Lasker · 441 U.S. 471 (1979)
• Bell v. Hood · 327 U.S. 678 (1946)
• Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission · 395 U.S. 367 (1969)
• Superintendent of Insurance of New York v. Bankers Life & Casualty Co. · 404 U.S. 6 (1971)
• Porter v. Warner Holding Co. · 328 U.S. 395 (1946)
• Botany Worsted Mills v. United States · 278 U.S. 282 (1929)
• Sullivan v. Little Hunting Park, Inc. · 396 U.S. 229 (1969)
• Piper v. Chris-Craft Industries, Inc. · 430 U.S. 1 (1977)
• Calhoon v. Harvey · 379 U.S. 134 (1964)
• Wheeldin v. Wheeler · 373 U.S. 647 (1963)
• Tunstall v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen · 323 U.S. 210 (1945)
• T. I. M. E. Inc. v. United States · 359 U.S. 464 (1959)

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• Guardians Assn. v. Civil Serv. Comm'n of New York City · 463 U.S. 582 (1983)
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• Ziglar v. Abbasi · 582 U.S. 120 (2017)
• Middlesex County Sewerage Authority v. National Sea Clammers Assn. · 453 U.S. 1 (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)
• Kissinger v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press · 445 U.S. 136 (1980)
• Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Transport Workers Union · 451 U.S. 77 (1981)
• Carlson v. Green · 446 U.S. 14 (1980)
• Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools · 503 U.S. 60 (1992)
• Musick, Peeler & Garrett v. Employers Ins. of Wausau · 508 U.S. 286 (1993)
• Morse v. Republican Party of Virginia · 517 U.S. 186 (1996)
• United States v. Mitchell · 463 U.S. 206 (1983)
• 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)
• Correctional Services Corp. v. Malesko · 534 U.S. 61 (2001)
• Central Bank of Denver, N. A. v. First Interstate Bank of Denver, N. A. · 511 U.S. 164 (1994)
• Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District · 524 U.S. 274 (1998)
• Wilder v. Virginia Hospital Assn. · 496 U.S. 498 (1990)
• Empire Healthchoice Assurance, Inc. v. McVeigh · 547 U.S. 677 (2006)
• Texas Industries, Inc. v. Radcliff Materials, Inc. · 451 U.S. 630 (1981)
• City of Mobile v. Bolden · 446 U.S. 55 (1980)
• Blue Shield of Va. v. McCready · 457 U.S. 465 (1982)
• Ardestani v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 502 U.S. 129 (1991)
• Suter v. Artist M. · 503 U.S. 347 (1992)
• Meghrig v. KFC Western, Inc. · 516 U.S. 479 (1996)

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