Arizona Governing Committee for Tax Deferred Annuity and Deferred Compensation Plans et al. v. Norris

Decided July 6, 1983. The Court ruled per curiam — an unsigned opinion of the Court.

Docket 82-52 · 463 U.S. 1073 (1983) · Cited 199 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• City of Los Angeles Department of Water v. Manhart · 435 U.S. 702 (1978)
• Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody · 422 U.S. 405 (1975)
• General Electric Co. v. Gilbert · 429 U.S. 125 (1976)
• Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson · 404 U.S. 97 (1971)
• County of Washington v. Gunther · 452 U.S. 161 (1981)
• Ford Motor Co. (Chicago Stamping Plant) v. National Labor Relations Board · 441 U.S. 488 (1979)
• Griggs v. Duke Power Co. · 401 U.S. 424 (1971)
• United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Assn. · 322 U.S. 533 (1944)
• Group Life & Health Insurance v. Royal Drug Co. · 440 U.S. 205 (1979)
• Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 462 U.S. 669 (1983)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Variable Annuity Life Insurance · 359 U.S. 65 (1959)
• Stone v. Powell · 428 U.S. 465 (1976)
• Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan · 458 U.S. 718 (1982)
• Allied Chemical & Alkali Workers of America, Local Union No. 1 v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. · 404 U.S. 157 (1971)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. National Securities, Inc. · 393 U.S. 453 (1969)
• Connecticut v. Teal · 457 U.S. 440 (1982)
• Union Labor Life Insurance v. Pireno · 458 U.S. 119 (1982)
• Wicker v. Hoppock · 73 U.S. 94 (1867)

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• Harper v. Virginia Department of Taxation · 509 U.S. 86 (1993)
• American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Smith · 496 U.S. 167 (1990)
• International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement v. Johnson Controls, Inc. · 499 U.S. 187 (1991)
• Hishon v. King & Spalding · 467 U.S. 69 (1984)
• Miller v. Johnson · 515 U.S. 900 (1995)
• Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 497 U.S. 547 (1990)
• Stanley v. City of Sanford · 606 U.S. 46 (2025)

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