United States v. Munoz-Flores
Decided May 21, 1990. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 88-1932 · 495 U.S. 385 (1990) · Cited 188 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 9–0.
Majority · 6
- Thurgood Marshall · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy
- Byron Raymond White
- Harry Andrew Blackmun
- William Hubbs Rehnquist
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
Concurring · 3
- Antonin Scalia · filed a concurring opinion
- John Paul Stevens · filed a concurring opinion
- Sandra Day O'Connor
“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.
- Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
- Powell v. McCormack · 395 U.S. 486 (1969)
- Morrison v. Olson · 487 U.S. 654 (1988)
- Mistretta v. United States · 488 U.S. 361 (1989)
- Chapman v. California · 386 U.S. 18 (1967)
- Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
- Reynolds v. Sims · 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
- Cohens v. Virginia · 19 U.S. 264 (1821)
- Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer · 343 U.S. 579 (1952)
- Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority · 469 U.S. 528 (1985)
- Bowsher v. Synar · 478 U.S. 714 (1986)
- Hampton v. Mow Sun Wong · 426 U.S. 88 (1976)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 497 U.S. 547 (1990)
- Zivotofsky Ex Rel. Zivotofsky v. Clinton · 566 U.S. 189 (2012)
- Raines v. Byrd · 521 U.S. 811 (1997)
- United States National Bank v. Independent Insurance Agents of America, Inc. · 508 U.S. 439 (1993)
- National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius · 567 U.S. 519 (2012)
- Nixon v. United States · 506 U.S. 224 (1993)
- FCC v. Consumers' Research · 606 U.S. 656 (2025)
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