Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad Co. et al. v. Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures (scrap) et al.

Decided June 24, 1975. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 73-1966 · 422 U.S. 289 (1975) · Cited 212 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–1.

“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. Louisiana · 290 U.S. 70 (1933)
• United States v. Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures (SCRAP) · 412 U.S. 669 (1973)
• United States v. Griffin · 303 U.S. 226 (1938)
• Arrow Transportation Co. v. Southern Railway Co. · 372 U.S. 658 (1963)
• Rochester Telephone Corp. v. United States · 307 U.S. 125 (1939)
• Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Wichita Board of Trade · 412 U.S. 800 (1973)
• Arizona Grocery Co. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. · 284 U.S. 370 (1932)
• United States v. Florida East Coast Railway Co. · 410 U.S. 224 (1973)
• Dayton-Goose Creek Railway Co. v. United States, Interstate Commerce Commission · 263 U.S. 456 (1924)
• United States v. National City Lines, Inc. · 337 U.S. 78 (1949)
• Stainback v. Mo Hock Ke Lok Po · 336 U.S. 368 (1949)
• Mitchell v. Donovan · 398 U.S. 427 (1970)
• Gunn v. University Committee to End the War in Viet Nam · 399 U.S. 383 (1970)

Cited by

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• Kleppe v. Sierra Club · 427 U.S. 390 (1976)
• Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County · 605 U.S. 168 (2025)
• Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 435 U.S. 519 (1978)
• Southern Railway Co. v. Seaboard Allied Milling Corp. · 442 U.S. 444 (1979)
• Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen · 541 U.S. 752 (2004)
• Andrus v. Sierra Club · 442 U.S. 347 (1979)
• Laing v. United States · 423 U.S. 161 (1976)
• Fulman v. United States · 434 U.S. 528 (1978)

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