Yamaha Motor Corporation, U. S. a., et al. v. Lucien B. Calhoun, et al., Individually and as Administrators of the Estate of Calhoun, Deceased

Decided January 9, 1996. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 94-1387 · 516 U.S. 199 (1996) · Cited 570 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc. · 398 U.S. 375 (1970)
• Miles v. Apex Marine Corp. · 498 U.S. 19 (1990)
• The Tungus v. Skovgaard · 358 U.S. 588 (1959)
• Kermarec v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique · 358 U.S. 625 (1959)
• Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. Hawn · 346 U.S. 406 (1953)
• Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki · 328 U.S. 85 (1946)
• East River Steamship Corp. v. Transamerica Delaval Inc. · 476 U.S. 858 (1986)
• Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co. · 358 U.S. 354 (1959)
• Gillespie v. United States Steel Corp. · 379 U.S. 148 (1964)
• Just v. Chambers · 312 U.S. 383 (1941)
• Sun Ship, Inc. v. Pennsylvania · 447 U.S. 715 (1980)
• Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc. · 362 U.S. 539 (1960)
• Jerome B. Grubart, Inc. v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. · 513 U.S. 527 (1995)
• United States v. Stanley · 483 U.S. 669 (1987)
• Huron Portland Cement Co. v. City of Detroit · 362 U.S. 440 (1960)
• American Dredging Co. v. Miller · 510 U.S. 443 (1994)
• Kossick v. United Fruit Co. · 365 U.S. 731 (1961)
• Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co. · 321 U.S. 96 (1944)
• Offshore Logistics, Inc. v. Tallentire · 477 U.S. 207 (1986)
• Foremost Insurance v. Richardson · 457 U.S. 668 (1982)
• Sisson v. Ruby · 497 U.S. 358 (1990)
• Garrett v. Moore-McCormack Co. · 317 U.S. 239 (1942)
• Mobil Oil Corp. v. Higginbotham · 436 U.S. 618 (1978)
• Kernan v. American Dredging Co. · 355 U.S. 426 (1958)
• Kelly v. Washington Ex Rel. Foss Co. · 302 U.S. 1 (1937)
• The Hamilton · 207 U.S. 398 (1907)
• Askew v. American Waterways Operators, Inc. · 411 U.S. 325 (1973)
• Lindgren v. United States · 281 U.S. 38 (1930)
• Hess v. United States · 361 U.S. 314 (1960)
• Steamboat Co. v. Chase · 83 U.S. 522 (1873)

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