United States v. Jeffrey Grubbs
Decided March 21, 2006. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 04-1414 · 547 U.S. 90 (2006) · Cited 430 times
Holding
The background, text, and purpose of SLUSA’s pre-emption provision demonstrate that SLUSA pre-empts state-law holder class-action claims of the kind Dabit alleges.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 8–0.
Majority · 5
- Antonin Scalia · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy
- Clarence Thomas
- John Glover Roberts Jr.
- Stephen Gerald Breyer
Concurring · 3
- David Hackett Souter · filed a concurring opinion
- John Paul Stevens
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“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.
- Groh v. Ramirez · 540 U.S. 551 (2004)
- Dalia v. United States · 441 U.S. 238 (1979)
- Illinois v. Gates · 462 U.S. 213 (1983)
- Wong Sun v. United States · 371 U.S. 471 (1963)
- United States v. Chadwick · 433 U.S. 1 (1977)
- Katz v. United States · 389 U.S. 347 (1967)
- Jones v. United States · 362 U.S. 257 (1960)
- Wilkinson v. Austin · 545 U.S. 209 (2005)
- Ohio v. Robinette · 519 U.S. 33 (1996)
- Stanford v. Texas · 379 U.S. 476 (1965)
- Massachusetts v. Sheppard · 468 U.S. 981 (1984)
- Sgro v. United States · 287 U.S. 206 (1932)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Financial Oversight and Management Bd. for P. R. v. Centro De Periodismo Investigativo, Inc. · 598 U.S. 339 (2023)
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