Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc., et al. v. Camp, Comptroller of the Currency, et al.

Decided March 3, 1970. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 85 · 397 U.S. 150 (1970) · Cited 3,186 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–2.

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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.

• Flast v. Cohen · 392 U.S. 83 (1968)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Sanders Bros. Radio Station · 309 U.S. 470 (1940)
• Stark v. Wickard · 321 U.S. 288 (1944)
• Tennessee Electric Power Co. v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 306 U.S. 118 (1939)
• Hardin v. Kentucky Utilities Co. · 390 U.S. 1 (1968)
• City of Chicago v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. · 357 U.S. 77 (1958)
• Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · 387 U.S. 136 (1967)
• Barrows v. Jackson · 346 U.S. 249 (1953)
• Muskrat v. United States · 219 U.S. 346 (1911)
• Switchmen's Union v. National Mediation Board · 320 U.S. 297 (1943)
• Shaughnessy v. Pedreiro · 349 U.S. 48 (1955)
• Rusk v. Cort · 369 U.S. 367 (1962)

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• Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization · 426 U.S. 26 (1976)
• Sierra Club v. Morton · 405 U.S. 727 (1972)
• United States v. Richardson · 418 U.S. 166 (1974)
• Warth v. Seldin · 422 U.S. 490 (1975)
• Bennett v. Spear · 520 U.S. 154 (1997)
• Lexmark Int'l, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc. · 572 U.S. 118 (2014)
• Schlesinger v. Reservists Committee to Stop the War · 418 U.S. 208 (1974)
• Bank of Am. Corp. v. City of Miami · 581 U.S. 189 (2017)
• Singleton v. Wulff · 428 U.S. 106 (1976)
• Investment Company Institute v. Camp · 401 U.S. 617 (1971)
• FDA v. R. J. Reynolds Vapor Co. · 606 U.S. 226 (2025)
• Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · 454 U.S. 464 (1982)
• Air Courier Conference of America v. American Postal Workers Union · 498 U.S. 517 (1991)
• Rakas v. Illinois · 439 U.S. 128 (1978)
• United States v. Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures (SCRAP) · 412 U.S. 669 (1973)
• Block v. Community Nutrition Institute · 467 U.S. 340 (1984)
• Federal Election Commission v. Akins · 524 U.S. 11 (1998)
• National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. National Assn. of Railroad Passengers · 414 U.S. 453 (1974)
• Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak · 567 U.S. 209 (2012)
• Morris v. Gressette · 432 U.S. 491 (1977)
• Roe v. Wade · 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · 429 U.S. 252 (1977)
• TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez · 594 U.S. 413 (2021)
• Camp v. Pitts · 411 U.S. 138 (1973)
• Craig v. Boren · 429 U.S. 190 (1976)
• Gladstone, Realtors v. Village of Bellwood · 441 U.S. 91 (1979)
• Heckler v. Ringer · 466 U.S. 602 (1984)
• Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis · 407 U.S. 163 (1972)

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