Travelers Casualty & Surety Company of America v. Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Decided March 20, 2007. Samuel A. Alito Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 05-1429 · 549 U.S. 443 (2007) · Cited 629 times

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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.

• Butner v. United States · 440 U.S. 48 (1979)
• Raleigh v. Illinois Department of Revenue · 530 U.S. 15 (2000)
• Fleischmann Distilling Corp. v. Maier Brewing Co. · 386 U.S. 714 (1967)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Nextwave Personal Communications Inc. · 537 U.S. 293 (2003)
• Security Mortgage Co. v. Powers · 278 U.S. 149 (1928)
• Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness Society · 421 U.S. 240 (1975)
• Cohen v. De La Cruz · 523 U.S. 213 (1998)
• Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare v. Davenport · 495 U.S. 552 (1990)
• Vanston Bondholders Protective Committee v. Green · 329 U.S. 156 (1946)
• Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Aviall Services, Inc. · 543 U.S. 157 (2004)
• Hauenstein v. Lynham · 100 U.S. 483 (1880)
• Arcambel v. Wiseman · 3 U.S. 306 (1796)

Cited by

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• Rosemond v. United States · 572 U.S. 65 (2014)
• Lewis v. Clarke · 581 U.S. 155 (2017)
• Midland Funding, LLC v. Johnson · 581 U.S. 224 (2017)
• Florida Department of Revenue v. Piccadilly Cafeterias, Inc. · 554 U.S. 33 (2008)
• Stern v. Marshall · 564 U.S. 462 (2011)

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