Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus, Attorney General of Minnesota, et al.

Decided June 26, 1978. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 77-747 · 438 U.S. 234 (1978) · Cited 924 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–3.

“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.

• Home Building & Loan Assn. v. Blaisdell · 290 U.S. 398 (1934)
• United States Trust Co. of NY v. New Jersey · 431 U.S. 1 (1977)
• City of El Paso v. Simmons · 379 U.S. 497 (1965)
• W. B. Worthen Co. v. Kavanaugh · 295 U.S. 56 (1935)
• Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co. · 428 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Malone v. White Motor Corp. · 435 U.S. 497 (1978)
• Miller v. Schoene · 276 U.S. 272 (1928)
• Veix v. Sixth Ward Building & Loan Assn. of Newark · 310 U.S. 32 (1940)
• W. B. Worthen Co. v. Thomas · 292 U.S. 426 (1934)
• Boyd's Lessee v. Graves · 17 U.S. 513 (1819)
• Goldblatt v. Town of Hempstead · 369 U.S. 590 (1962)
• Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. · 272 U.S. 365 (1926)
• Lochner v. New York · 198 U.S. 45 (1905)
• Ferguson v. Skrupa · 372 U.S. 726 (1963)
• Carmichael v. Southern Coal & Coke Co. · 301 U.S. 495 (1937)
• City of Los Angeles Department of Water v. Manhart · 435 U.S. 702 (1978)
• Bank of Columbia v. Okely · 17 U.S. 122 (1819)
• Green v. Biddle · 21 U.S. 1 (1823)
• Sproles v. Binford · 286 U.S. 374 (1932)
• Manigault v. Springs · 199 U.S. 473 (1905)
• East New York Savings Bank v. Hahn · 326 U.S. 230 (1945)
• Tidal Oil Co. v. Flanagan · 263 U.S. 444 (1924)
• City of Pittsburgh v. Alco Parking Corp. · 417 U.S. 369 (1974)

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• Energy Reserves Group, Inc. v. Kansas Power & Light Co. · 459 U.S. 400 (1983)
• Sveen v. Melin · 584 U.S. 811 (2018)
• Keystone Bituminous Coal Assn. v. DeBenedictis · 480 U.S. 470 (1987)
• Exxon Corp. v. Eagerton · 462 U.S. 176 (1983)
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. RA Gray & Co. · 467 U.S. 717 (1984)
• General Motors Corp. v. Romein · 503 U.S. 181 (1992)
• Nachman Corp. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation · 446 U.S. 359 (1980)
• National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. · 470 U.S. 451 (1985)
• Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. · 463 U.S. 85 (1983)
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Daniel · 439 U.S. 551 (1979)

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