Arlington Central School District Board of Education v. Pearl Murphy et Vir

Decided June 26, 2006. Samuel A. Alito Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 05-18 · 548 U.S. 291 (2006) · Cited 528 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. v. Casey · 499 U.S. 83 (1991)
• Crawford Fitting Co. v. J. T. Gibbons, Inc. · 482 U.S. 437 (1987)
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · 451 U.S. 1 (1981)
• Marek v. Chesny · 473 U.S. 1 (1985)
• Barnes v. Gorman · 536 U.S. 181 (2002)
• Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley Ex Rel. Rowley · 458 U.S. 176 (1982)
• School Committee of the Town of Burlington v. Department of Education · 471 U.S. 359 (1985)
• Smith v. Robinson · 468 U.S. 992 (1984)
• Florence County School District Four v. Carter Ex Rel. Carter · 510 U.S. 7 (1993)
• Schaffer Ex Rel. Schaffer v. Weast · 546 U.S. 49 (2005)
• Blum v. Stenson · 465 U.S. 886 (1984)
• Duncan v. Walker · 533 U.S. 167 (2001)
• Hartford Underwriters Insurance v. Union Planters Bank, N. A. · 530 U.S. 1 (2000)
• Bell v. New Jersey · 461 U.S. 773 (1983)
• Hensley v. Eckerhart · 461 U.S. 424 (1983)
• United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc. · 489 U.S. 235 (1989)
• Connecticut National Bank v. Germain · 503 U.S. 249 (1992)
• Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams · 532 U.S. 105 (2001)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education · 544 U.S. 167 (2005)
• South Dakota v. Dole · 483 U.S. 203 (1987)
• Evans v. Jeff D. Ex Rel. Johnson · 475 U.S. 717 (1986)
• Bennett v. Kentucky Department of Education · 470 U.S. 656 (1985)

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• Winkelman Ex Rel. Winkelman v. Parma City School District · 550 U.S. 516 (2007)
• Bostock v. Clayton County · 590 U.S. 644 (2020)
• Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc. · 575 U.S. 206 (2015)
• Forest Grove School District v. T. A. · 557 U.S. 230 (2009)
• McDonnell v. United States · 579 U.S. 550 (2016)
• Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP · 586 U.S. 466 (2019)
• Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Christian · 590 U.S. 1 (2020)
• Peter v. NantKwest, Inc. · 589 U.S. 23 (2019)
• Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic · 606 U.S. 357 (2025)
• Moyle v. United States · 603 U.S. 324 (2024)
• Marx v. General Revenue Corp. · 568 U.S. 371 (2013)
• Carr v. United States · 560 U.S. 438 (2010)
• United States v. Gaddis · 424 U.S. 544 (1976)
• Endrew F. v. Douglas County School Dist. RE–1 · 580 U.S. 386 (2017)

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