Block, Secretary of Agriculture, et al. v. Community Nutrition Institute et al.

Decided June 4, 1984. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 83-458 · 467 U.S. 340 (1984) · Cited 935 times

Holding

The individual consumers may not obtain judicial review of the milk market orders in question.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.

How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• Morris v. Gressette · 432 U.S. 491 (1977)
• Stark v. Wickard · 321 U.S. 288 (1944)
• Barlow v. Collins · 397 U.S. 159 (1970)
• Switchmen's Union v. National Mediation Board · 320 U.S. 297 (1943)
• Southern Railway Co. v. Seaboard Allied Milling Corp. · 442 U.S. 444 (1979)
• Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · 397 U.S. 150 (1970)
• National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. National Assn. of Railroad Passengers · 414 U.S. 453 (1974)
• Zuber v. Allen · 396 U.S. 168 (1969)
• Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · 387 U.S. 136 (1967)
• Associated General Contractors of California, Inc. v. California State Council of Carpenters · 459 U.S. 519 (1983)
• Nebbia v. New York · 291 U.S. 502 (1934)
• Dunlop v. Bachowski · 421 U.S. 560 (1975)
• Heikkila v. Barber · 345 U.S. 229 (1953)
• Schilling v. Rogers · 363 U.S. 666 (1960)
• United States v. Erika, Inc. · 456 U.S. 201 (1982)
• Ludecke v. Watkins · 335 U.S. 160 (1948)
• United States v. Ruzicka · 329 U.S. 287 (1946)

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• FDA v. R. J. Reynolds Vapor Co. · 606 U.S. 226 (2025)
• Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency · 566 U.S. 120 (2012)
• Bowen v. Michigan Academy of Family Physicians · 476 U.S. 667 (1986)
• Thunder Basin Coal Co. v. Reich · 510 U.S. 200 (1994)
• Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee · 579 U.S. 261 (2016)
• MacH Mining, LLC v. Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n · 575 U.S. 480 (2015)
• Horne v. Department of Agriculture · 569 U.S. 513 (2013)
• Thryv, Inc. v. Click-To-Call Technologies, LP · 590 U.S. 45 (2020)
• Lindahl v. Office of Personnel Management · 470 U.S. 768 (1985)
• Gutierrez De Martinez v. Lamagno · 515 U.S. 417 (1995)
• Elgin v. Department of the Treasury · 567 U.S. 1 (2012)
• Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak · 567 U.S. 209 (2012)
• Bennett v. Spear · 520 U.S. 154 (1997)
• Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection Corporation · 503 U.S. 258 (1992)
• Franklin v. Massachusetts · 505 U.S. 788 (1992)
• Shalala v. Illinois Council on Long Term Care, Inc. · 529 U.S. 1 (2000)
• Department of the Navy v. Egan · 484 U.S. 518 (1988)
• Japan Whaling Ass'n v. American Cetacean Society · 478 U.S. 221 (1986)
• Lincoln v. Vigil · 508 U.S. 182 (1993)
• Patel v. Garland · 596 U.S. 328 (2022)
• National Credit Union Administration v. First National Bank & Trust Co. · 522 U.S. 479 (1998)
• Air Courier Conference of America v. American Postal Workers Union · 498 U.S. 517 (1991)
• Traynor v. Turnage · 485 U.S. 535 (1988)
• Salinas v. Railroad Retirement Bd. · 592 U.S. 188 (2021)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1984). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).