United Savings Association of Texas v. Timbers of Inwood Forest Associates, Ltd.

Decided January 20, 1988. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 86-1602 · 484 U.S. 365 (1988) · Cited 1,871 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

“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.

• Vanston Bondholders Protective Committee v. Green · 329 U.S. 156 (1946)
• Butner v. United States · 440 U.S. 48 (1979)
• Pilot Life Insurance v. Dedeaux · 481 U.S. 41 (1987)
• Kelly v. Robinson · 479 U.S. 36 (1986)
• Jarecki v. G. D. Searle & Co. · 367 U.S. 303 (1961)
• Weinberger v. Hynson, Westcott & Dunning, Inc. · 412 U.S. 609 (1973)
• Sorenson v. Secretary of the Treasury · 475 U.S. 851 (1986)
• Ticonic National Bank v. Sprague · 303 U.S. 406 (1938)

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• BFP v. Resolution Trust Corporation · 511 U.S. 531 (1994)
• King v. Burwell · 576 U.S. 473 (2015)
• United States v. Santos · 553 U.S. 507 (2008)
• Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp. · 580 U.S. 451 (2017)
• Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl · 570 U.S. 637 (2013)
• Smith v. United States · 508 U.S. 223 (1993)
• Rake v. Wade · 508 U.S. 464 (1993)
• Koons Buick Pontiac GMC, Inc. v. Nigh · 543 U.S. 50 (2004)
• O'Gilvie v. United States · 519 U.S. 79 (1996)
• Campos-Chaves v. Garland · 602 U.S. 447 (2024)
• United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc. · 489 U.S. 235 (1989)
• Strickler v. Greene · 527 U.S. 263 (1999)
• Bailey v. United States · 516 U.S. 137 (1995)
• Thomas Jefferson University v. Shalala · 512 U.S. 504 (1994)
• Dewsnup v. Timm · 502 U.S. 410 (1992)
• Hartford Underwriters Insurance v. Union Planters Bank, N. A. · 530 U.S. 1 (2000)
• United States National Bank v. Independent Insurance Agents of America, Inc. · 508 U.S. 439 (1993)
• Pereira v. Sessions · 585 U.S. 198 (2018)
• Tulsa Professional Collection Services, Inc. v. Pope · 485 U.S. 478 (1988)
• Nobelman v. American Savings Bank · 508 U.S. 324 (1993)
• Things Remembered, Inc. v. Petrarca · 516 U.S. 124 (1995)
• Dodd v. United States · 545 U.S. 353 (2005)
• International Primate Protection League v. Administrators of Tulane Educational Fund · 500 U.S. 72 (1991)
• Department of Revenue of Ore. v. ACF Industries, Inc. · 510 U.S. 332 (1994)
• Holder v. Hall · 512 U.S. 874 (1994)
• United States v. Cleveland Indians Baseball Co. · 532 U.S. 200 (2001)
• Pud No. 1 of Jefferson County v. Washington Department of Ecology · 511 U.S. 700 (1994)
• Regions Hospital v. Shalala · 522 U.S. 448 (1998)
• Sackett v. EPA · 598 U.S. 651 (2023)

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