Brock, Secretary of Labor v. Pierce County

Decided May 19, 1986. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 85-385 · 476 U.S. 253 (1986) · Cited 393 times

Holding

The Secretary does not lose the power to recover misused CETA funds after expiration of the 120-day period specified in 106(b).

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · 397 U.S. 150 (1970)
• Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc. · 447 U.S. 102 (1980)
• Mohasco Corp. v. Silver · 447 U.S. 807 (1980)
• Guaranty Trust Co. v. United States · 304 U.S. 126 (1938)
• Grove City College v. Bell · 465 U.S. 555 (1984)
• United States v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co. · 118 U.S. 120 (1886)
• Stanley v. Schwalby · 147 U.S. 508 (1893)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Barnhart v. Peabody Coal Co. · 537 U.S. 149 (2003)
• United States v. Montalvo-Murillo · 495 U.S. 711 (1990)
• Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency · 549 U.S. 497 (2007)
• Nielsen v. Preap · 586 U.S. 392 (2019)
• McIntosh v. United States · 601 U.S. 330 (2024)
• United States v. James Daniel Good Real Property · 510 U.S. 43 (1993)
• Regions Hospital v. Shalala · 522 U.S. 448 (1998)
• General Motors Corp. v. United States · 496 U.S. 530 (1990)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1986). 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).