United States v. James Herman O'Hagan

Decided June 25, 1997. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 96-842 · 521 U.S. 642 (1997) · Cited 478 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“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.

• Chiarella v. United States · 445 U.S. 222 (1980)
• Carpenter v. United States · 484 U.S. 19 (1987)
• Schreiber v. Burlington Northern, Inc. · 472 U.S. 1 (1985)
• Dirks v. Securities & Exchange Commission · 463 U.S. 646 (1983)
• Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assn. of United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co. · 463 U.S. 29 (1983)
• Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores · 421 U.S. 723 (1975)
• Central Bank of Denver, N. A. v. First Interstate Bank of Denver, N. A. · 511 U.S. 164 (1994)
• Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection Corporation · 503 U.S. 258 (1992)
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp. · 332 U.S. 194 (1947)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp. · 318 U.S. 80 (1943)
• Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder · 425 U.S. 185 (1976)
• United States v. Bass · 404 U.S. 336 (1971)
• Santa Fe Industries, Inc. v. Green · 430 U.S. 462 (1977)
• J. W. Hampton, Jr., & Co. v. United States · 276 U.S. 394 (1928)
• Boyce Motor Lines, Inc. v. United States · 342 U.S. 337 (1952)
• Reno v. Koray · 515 U.S. 50 (1995)
• Batterton v. Francis · 432 U.S. 416 (1977)
• Rondeau v. Mosinee Paper Corp. · 422 U.S. 49 (1975)
• United States v. Naftalin · 441 U.S. 768 (1979)
• Grin v. Shine · 187 U.S. 181 (1902)

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• Chadbourne & Parke LLP v. Troice · 571 U.S. 377 (2014)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Zandford · 535 U.S. 813 (2002)
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. v. Dabit · 547 U.S. 71 (2006)
• Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. · 552 U.S. 148 (2008)
• Ragsdale v. Wolverine World Wide, Inc. · 535 U.S. 81 (2002)
• Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd. · 561 U.S. 247 (2010)
• United States v. Mead Corp. · 533 U.S. 218 (2001)
• Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Broudo · 544 U.S. 336 (2005)
• PDR Network, LLC v. Carlton Harris Chiropractic, Inc. · 588 U.S. 1 (2019)

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