Babbitt, Governor of Arizona, et al. v. United Farm Workers National Union et al.

Decided June 5, 1979. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 78-225 · 442 U.S. 289 (1979) · Cited 2,028 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• Baggett v. Bullitt · 377 U.S. 360 (1964)
• Harman v. Forssenius · 380 U.S. 528 (1965)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Zwickler v. Koota · 389 U.S. 241 (1967)
• Younger v. Harris · 401 U.S. 37 (1971)
• Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co. · 312 U.S. 496 (1941)
• Steffel v. Thompson · 415 U.S. 452 (1974)
• Dunn v. Blumstein · 405 U.S. 330 (1972)
• Regional Rail Reorganization Act Cases · 419 U.S. 102 (1974)
• Storer v. Brown · 415 U.S. 724 (1974)
• Kusper v. Pontikes · 414 U.S. 51 (1973)
• Lake Carriers' Assn. v. MacMullan · 406 U.S. 498 (1972)
• Evers v. Dwyer · 358 U.S. 202 (1958)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States · 424 U.S. 800 (1976)
• Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · 418 U.S. 323 (1974)
• O'Shea v. Littleton · 414 U.S. 488 (1974)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• Aetna Life Insurance v. Haworth · 300 U.S. 227 (1937)
• Procunier v. Martinez · 416 U.S. 396 (1974)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Maryland Casualty Co. v. Pacific Coal & Oil Co. · 312 U.S. 270 (1941)
• Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
• Williams v. Rhodes · 393 U.S. 23 (1968)
• Doe v. Bolton · 410 U.S. 179 (1973)
• England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners · 375 U.S. 411 (1964)
• Golden v. Zwickler · 394 U.S. 103 (1969)
• Epperson v. Arkansas · 393 U.S. 97 (1968)
• Marsh v. Alabama · 326 U.S. 501 (1946)
• Givhan v. Western Line Consolidated School District · 439 U.S. 410 (1979)

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• Clapper v. Amnesty International USA · 568 U.S. 398 (2013)
• Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky · 585 U.S. 1 (2018)
• Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins · 578 U.S. 330 (2016)
• Davis v. Federal Election Commission · 554 U.S. 724 (2008)
• City of Houston v. Hill · 482 U.S. 451 (1987)
• Brockett v. Spokane Arcades, Inc. · 472 U.S. 491 (1985)
• Renne v. Geary · 501 U.S. 312 (1991)
• California v. Texas · 593 U.S. 659 (2021)
• Whitmore Ex Rel. Simmons v. Arkansas · 495 U.S. 149 (1990)
• Blum v. Yaretsky · 457 U.S. 991 (1982)
• Edward J. DeBartolo Corp. v. Florida Gulf Coast Building & Construction Trades Council · 485 U.S. 568 (1988)
• Pennell v. City of San Jose · 485 U.S. 1 (1988)
• Board of Airport Comm'rs of Los Angeles v. Jews for Jesus, Inc. · 482 U.S. 569 (1987)
• Trump v. New York · 592 U.S. 125 (2020)

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