Trw Inc. v. Adelaide Andrews

Decided November 13, 2001. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 00-1045 · 534 U.S. 19 (2001) · Cited 1,407 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.

• Bay Area Laundry & Dry Cleaning Pension Trust Fund v. Ferbar Corp. of California, Inc. · 522 U.S. 192 (1997)
• Rotella v. Wood · 528 U.S. 549 (2000)
• Duncan v. Walker · 533 U.S. 167 (2001)
• Holmberg v. Armbrecht · 327 U.S. 392 (1946)
• Urie v. Thompson · 337 U.S. 163 (1949)
• United States v. Kubrick · 444 U.S. 111 (1979)
• Klehr v. A. O. Smith Corp. · 521 U.S. 179 (1997)
• Leatherman v. Tarrant County Narcotics Intelligence and Coordination Unit · 507 U.S. 163 (1993)
• United States v. Menasche · 348 U.S. 528 (1955)
• Bailey v. Glover · 88 U.S. 342 (1875)
• Reiter v. Cooper · 507 U.S. 258 (1993)
• United States v. Brockamp · 519 U.S. 347 (1997)
• Montclair v. Ramsdell · 107 U.S. 147 (1883)
• McMahon v. United States · 342 U.S. 25 (1951)
• Andrus v. Glover Construction Co. · 446 U.S. 608 (1980)

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