Alaska Airlines, Inc., et al. v. Brock, Secretary of Labor, et al.

Decided March 24, 1987. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 85-920 · 480 U.S. 678 (1987) · Cited 482 times

Holding

Section 43(f)(3)'s legislative-veto provision is severable from the remainder of the EPP program.

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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.

• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
• United States v. Jackson · 390 U.S. 570 (1968)
• Sibbach v. Wilson & Co. · 312 U.S. 1 (1941)
• Champlin Rfg. Co. v. Corporation Commission of Oklahoma · 286 U.S. 210 (1932)
• Regan v. Time, Inc. · 468 U.S. 641 (1984)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Tilton v. Richardson · 403 U.S. 672 (1971)
• Hill v. Wallace · 259 U.S. 44 (1922)
• Heckler v. Edwards · 465 U.S. 870 (1984)
• El Paso & Northeastern Railway Co. v. Gutierrez · 215 U.S. 87 (1909)

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Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

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• Rita v. United States · 551 U.S. 338 (2007)
• National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius · 567 U.S. 519 (2012)
• California v. Texas · 593 U.S. 659 (2021)
• Barr v. American Assn. of Political Consultants, Inc. · 591 U.S. 610 (2020)
• United States v. National Treasury Employees Union · 513 U.S. 454 (1995)
• New York v. United States · 505 U.S. 144 (1992)
• Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn. · 584 U.S. 453 (2018)
• Field v. Mans · 516 U.S. 59 (1995)
• Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid · 490 U.S. 730 (1989)
• Bowen v. Kendrick · 487 U.S. 589 (1988)
• Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New Eng. · 546 U.S. 320 (2006)
• Legal Services Corp. v. Velazquez · 531 U.S. 533 (2001)
• Tyler Pipe Industries, Inc. v. Washington State Department of Revenue · 483 U.S. 232 (1987)
• Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians · 526 U.S. 172 (1999)
• Salazar v. Buono · 559 U.S. 700 (2010)

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