Wyeth v. Diana Levine

Decided March 4, 2009. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 06-1249 · 555 U.S. 555 (2009) · Cited 1,294 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.

• Geier v. American Honda Motor Co. · 529 U.S. 861 (2000)
• Hines v. Davidowitz · 312 U.S. 52 (1941)
• Medtronic, Inc. v. Lohr · 518 U.S. 470 (1996)
• Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc. · 552 U.S. 312 (2008)
• Buckman Co. v. Plaintiffs' Legal Committee · 531 U.S. 341 (2001)
• Gregory v. Ashcroft · 501 U.S. 452 (1991)
• Bates v. Dow Agrosciences LLC · 544 U.S. 431 (2005)
• Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul · 373 U.S. 132 (1963)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
• Hillsborough County v. Automated Medical Laboratories, Inc. · 471 U.S. 707 (1985)
• Fidelity Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. De La Cuesta · 458 U.S. 141 (1982)
• Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council · 530 U.S. 363 (2000)
• United States v. Locke · 529 U.S. 89 (2000)
• Camps Newfound/Owatonna, Inc. v. Town of Harrison · 520 U.S. 564 (1997)
• American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Central Office Telephone, Inc. · 524 U.S. 214 (1998)
• New York v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission · 535 U.S. 1 (2002)
• Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlon · 473 U.S. 234 (1985)
• New York v. United States · 505 U.S. 144 (1992)
• Printz v. United States · 521 U.S. 898 (1997)
• Tafflin v. Levitt · 493 U.S. 455 (1990)
• Ragsdale v. Wolverine World Wide, Inc. · 535 U.S. 81 (2002)
• Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. v. Kalo Brick & Tile Co. · 450 U.S. 311 (1981)
• Skidmore v. Swift & Co. · 323 U.S. 134 (1944)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp. · 332 U.S. 194 (1947)
• United States v. Mead Corp. · 533 U.S. 218 (2001)
• Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · 331 U.S. 218 (1947)
• Alden v. Maine · 527 U.S. 706 (1999)
• Lamie v. United States Trustee · 540 U.S. 526 (2004)
• Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill · 437 U.S. 153 (1978)
• Watters v. Wachovia Bank, N. A. · 550 U.S. 1 (2007)

Cited by

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• Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v. Albrecht · 587 U.S. 299 (2019)
• Oneok, Inc. v. Learjet, Inc. · 575 U.S. 373 (2015)
• Hillman v. Maretta · 569 U.S. 483 (2013)
• Kansas v. Garcia · 589 U.S. 191 (2020)
• Haywood v. Drown · 556 U.S. 729 (2009)
• Virginia Uranium, Inc. v. Warren · 587 U.S. 761 (2019)
• Arizona v. United States · 567 U.S. 387 (2012)
• Bruesewitz v. Wyeth LLC · 562 U.S. 223 (2011)
• Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Assn. · 575 U.S. 92 (2015)
• Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela · 587 U.S. 176 (2019)
• Gobeille v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. · 577 U.S. 312 (2016)
• Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp. · 565 U.S. 625 (2012)
• Cuomo v. Clearing House Ass'n, LLC · 557 U.S. 519 (2009)
• Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Assn. · 592 U.S. 80 (2020)
• Collins v. Virginia · 584 U.S. 586 (2018)
• Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn. · 584 U.S. 453 (2018)
• Howell v. Howell · 581 U.S. 214 (2017)
• Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. Teamsters · 598 U.S. 771 (2023)
• Williams v. Reed · 604 U.S. 168 (2025)

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