Andrus, Secretary of the Interior v. Charlestone Stone Products Co.

Decided May 31, 1978. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 77-380 · 436 U.S. 604 (1978) · Cited 166 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.

• California Oregon Power Co. v. Beaver Portland Cement Co. · 295 U.S. 142 (1935)
• United States v. Coleman · 390 U.S. 599 (1968)
• Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle · 429 U.S. 274 (1977)
• Califano v. Sanders · 430 U.S. 99 (1977)
• Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railway Co. v. Swan · 111 U.S. 379 (1884)
• Cameron v. United States · 252 U.S. 450 (1920)
• United States v. Union Pacific Railroad · 353 U.S. 112 (1957)
• Broder v. Water Co. · 101 U.S. 274 (1879)
• Northern Pacific Railway Company v. Soderberg · 188 U.S. 526 (1902)

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

• Watt v. Western Nuclear, Inc. · 462 U.S. 36 (1983)
• Bostock v. Clayton County · 590 U.S. 644 (2020)
• Leo Sheep Co. v. United States · 440 U.S. 668 (1979)
• Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc. · 438 U.S. 59 (1978)
• Republic National Bank of Miami v. United States · 506 U.S. 80 (1992)
• Landgraf v. USI Film Products · 511 U.S. 244 (1994)
• Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. v. Bonjorno · 494 U.S. 827 (1990)
• United States v. New Mexico · 438 U.S. 696 (1978)

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