United States Ex Rel. Irwin Eisenstein v. City of New York, New York, et al.
Decided June 8, 2009. Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 08-660 · 556 U.S. 928 (2009) · Cited 298 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 9–0.
Majority · 9
“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.
- Devlin v. Scardelletti · 536 U.S. 1 (2002)
- Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States Ex Rel. Stevens · 529 U.S. 765 (2000)
- Marino v. Ortiz · 484 U.S. 301 (1988)
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · 337 U.S. 541 (1949)
- Taylor v. Sturgell · 553 U.S. 880 (2008)
- Torres v. Oakland Scavenger Co. · 487 U.S. 312 (1988)
- Barnhart v. Sigmon Coal Co. · 534 U.S. 438 (2002)
- Schiavone v. Fortune · 477 U.S. 21 (1986)
- Dole Food Co. v. Patrickson · 538 U.S. 468 (2003)
- Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Aviall Services, Inc. · 543 U.S. 157 (2004)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Cameron v. EMW Women's Surgical Center, P. S. C. · 595 U.S. 267 (2022)
- United States ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, Inc. · 599 U.S. 419 (2023)
- NRC v. Texas · 605 U.S. 665 (2025)
- Smith v. Bayer Corp. · 564 U.S. 299 (2011)
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