The 6-to-3 decision interpreted a jurisdictional statute, the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, to apply to conduct predating its enactment in 1976.

The decision interpreted a Federal law, the Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984.

Her decision merely interpreted the amended 1887 Deed of Gift from the four surviving members of the America syndicate.

The decision interpreted a 1982 law, an amendment to the Sherman Act called the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvement Act.

That decision interpreted the federal Constitution.

A decision of the Supreme Court of Canada interpreted the relevant clause, and held that it was valid.

The 7-to-2 decision interpreted a Federal law governing hazardous waste, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976.

It has also been cited as one of several "recent decisions applying, interpreting, and sometimes struggling with the Sosa decision's ATS approach".

The Congressional Research Service said the decision "did not interpret those other purposes as necessarily including, at least, intrastate redistricting."