United States v. Turkette

Decided June 17, 1981. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 80-808 · 452 U.S. 576 (1981) · Cited 2,648 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

“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.

• United States v. Culbert · 435 U.S. 371 (1978)
• Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc. · 447 U.S. 102 (1980)
• Lewis v. United States · 445 U.S. 55 (1980)
• Callanan v. United States · 364 U.S. 587 (1961)
• United States v. Powell · 423 U.S. 87 (1975)
• Commissioner v. Brown · 380 U.S. 563 (1965)
• Harrison v. PPG Industries, Inc. · 446 U.S. 578 (1980)
• United States v. Naftalin · 441 U.S. 768 (1979)
• Trans Alaska Pipeline Rate Cases · 436 U.S. 631 (1978)
• United States v. Moore · 423 U.S. 122 (1975)
• United States v. Brown · 333 U.S. 18 (1948)
• Gooch v. United States · 297 U.S. 124 (1936)

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• Boyle v. United States · 556 U.S. 938 (2009)
• Sedima, S. P. R. L. v. Imrex Co. · 473 U.S. 479 (1985)
• Russello v. United States · 464 U.S. 16 (1983)
• Williams v. United States · 458 U.S. 279 (1982)
• National Organization for Women, Inc. v. Scheidler · 510 U.S. 249 (1994)
• H. J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. · 492 U.S. 229 (1989)
• Moskal v. United States · 498 U.S. 103 (1990)
• Reves v. Ernst & Young · 507 U.S. 170 (1993)
• Cedric Kushner Promotions, Ltd. v. King · 533 U.S. 158 (2001)
• United States v. Yermian · 468 U.S. 63 (1984)
• Two Pesos, Inc. v. Taco Cabana, Inc. · 505 U.S. 763 (1992)
• Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection Corporation · 503 U.S. 258 (1992)
• United States v. Wilson · 503 U.S. 329 (1992)
• Copperweld Corp. v. Independence Tube Corp. · 467 U.S. 752 (1984)
• Chapman v. United States · 500 U.S. 453 (1991)
• United States v. Lane · 474 U.S. 438 (1986)
• United States v. X-Citement Video, Inc. · 513 U.S. 64 (1994)
• Barnhart v. Sigmon Coal Co. · 534 U.S. 438 (2002)
• Liparota v. United States · 471 U.S. 419 (1985)
• Ruckelshaus v. Sierra Club · 463 U.S. 680 (1983)
• United States v. Albertini · 472 U.S. 675 (1985)
• Dickerson v. New Banner Institute, Inc. · 460 U.S. 103 (1983)
• United States v. Monsanto · 491 U.S. 600 (1989)
• Holloway v. United States · 526 U.S. 1 (1999)
• Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 462 U.S. 669 (1983)
• Fort Wayne Books, Inc. v. Indiana · 489 U.S. 46 (1989)
• Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn · 604 U.S. 593 (2025)

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