Chauffeurs, Teamsters and Helpers Local No. 391 v. Terry et al.

Decided March 20, 1990. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 88-1719 · 494 U.S. 558 (1990) · Cited 740 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.

• Curtis v. Loether · 415 U.S. 189 (1974)
• Tull v. United States · 481 U.S. 412 (1987)
• Vaca v. Sipes · 386 U.S. 171 (1967)
• Granfinanciera, S.A. v. Nordberg · 492 U.S. 33 (1989)
• Ross v. Bernhard · 396 U.S. 531 (1970)
• DelCostello v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters · 462 U.S. 151 (1983)
• Beacon Theatres, Inc. v. Westover · 359 U.S. 500 (1959)
• United Parcel Service, Inc. v. Mitchell · 451 U.S. 56 (1981)
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. Foust · 442 U.S. 42 (1979)
• Parsons v. Bedford, Breedlove, & Robeson · 28 U.S. 433 (1830)
• Bowen v. United States Postal Service · 459 U.S. 212 (1983)
• Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody · 422 U.S. 405 (1975)
• Dairy Queen, Inc. v. Wood · 369 U.S. 469 (1962)
• Fay v. Noia · 372 U.S. 391 (1963)
• Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlon · 473 U.S. 234 (1985)
• Lorillard v. Pons · 434 U.S. 575 (1978)
• Steele v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad · 323 U.S. 192 (1944)
• Katchen v. Landy · 382 U.S. 323 (1966)
• Browning-Ferris Industries of Vermont, Inc. v. Kelco Disposal, Inc. · 492 U.S. 257 (1989)
• Ford Motor Co. v. Huffman · 345 U.S. 330 (1953)
• Lehman v. Nakshian · 453 U.S. 156 (1981)
• Porter v. Warner Holding Co. · 328 U.S. 395 (1946)
• Dimick v. Schiedt · 293 U.S. 474 (1935)
• United States v. Thirty-Seven (37) Photographs · 402 U.S. 363 (1971)
• J. I. Case Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 321 U.S. 332 (1944)
• Mitchell v. Robert DeMario Jewelry, Inc. · 361 U.S. 288 (1960)
• Burchell v. Marsh · 58 U.S. 344 (1855)
• Luria v. United States · 231 U.S. 9 (1913)
• Jacob v. New York City · 315 U.S. 752 (1942)
• Taylor v. Davis' Administratrix · 110 U.S. 330 (1884)

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• Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance v. Knudson · 534 U.S. 204 (2002)
• Air Line Pilots Ass'n v. O'Neill · 499 U.S. 65 (1991)
• Wooddell v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 71 · 502 U.S. 93 (1991)
• City of Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes at Monterey, Ltd. · 526 U.S. 687 (1999)
• Liu v. SEC. & Exch. Comm'n · 591 U.S. 71 (2020)
• Mertens v. Hewitt Associates · 508 U.S. 248 (1993)
• Feltner v. Columbia Pictures Television, Inc. · 523 U.S. 340 (1998)
• Landgraf v. USI Film Products · 511 U.S. 244 (1994)
• United States v. Burke · 504 U.S. 229 (1992)
• Janus v. State, County, and Municipal Employees · 585 U.S. 878 (2018)
• SEC v. Jarkesy · 603 U.S. 109 (2024)

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