Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Decided January 23, 1978. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 76-1383 · 434 U.S. 412 (1978) · Cited 3,039 times

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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.

• Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc. · 390 U.S. 400 (1968)
• Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness Society · 421 U.S. 240 (1975)
• Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody · 422 U.S. 405 (1975)
• Occidental Life Insurance v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 432 U.S. 355 (1977)
• Northcross v. Memphis Board of Education · 412 U.S. 427 (1973)

Cited by

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• Independent Federation of Flight Attendants v. Zipes · 491 U.S. 754 (1989)
• CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n · 578 U.S. 419 (2016)
• Hughes v. Rowe · 449 U.S. 5 (1980)
• Fogerty v. Fantasy, Inc. · 510 U.S. 517 (1994)
• Fox v. Vice · 563 U.S. 826 (2011)
• New York Gaslight Club, Inc. v. Carey · 447 U.S. 54 (1980)
• Hensley v. Eckerhart · 461 U.S. 424 (1983)
• Martin v. Franklin Capital Corp. · 546 U.S. 132 (2005)
• Roadway Express, Inc. v. Piper · 447 U.S. 752 (1980)
• Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Dept. of Health and Human Resources · 532 U.S. 598 (2001)
• Professional Real Estate Investors, Inc. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. · 508 U.S. 49 (1993)
• West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. v. Casey · 499 U.S. 83 (1991)
• Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. August · 450 U.S. 346 (1981)
• Neitzke v. Williams · 490 U.S. 319 (1989)
• Shalala v. Schaefer · 509 U.S. 292 (1993)
• Hutto v. Finney · 437 U.S. 678 (1978)
• Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah · 508 U.S. 520 (1993)
• Crawford Fitting Co. v. J. T. Gibbons, Inc. · 482 U.S. 437 (1987)
• City of Riverside v. Rivera · 477 U.S. 561 (1986)
• Great American Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Novotny · 442 U.S. 366 (1979)
• Hanrahan v. Hampton · 446 U.S. 754 (1980)
• Marek v. Chesny · 473 U.S. 1 (1985)
• Library of Congress v. Shaw · 478 U.S. 310 (1986)
• Sullivan v. Hudson · 490 U.S. 877 (1989)
• Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn. · 491 U.S. 299 (1989)
• Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri · 564 U.S. 379 (2011)
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Associated Dry Goods Corp. · 449 U.S. 590 (1981)

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