Chrysler Corp. v. Brown, Secretary of Defense, et al.

Decided April 18, 1979. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 77-922 · 441 U.S. 281 (1979) · Cited 1,386 times

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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.

• Morton v. Ruiz · 415 U.S. 199 (1974)
• Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration v. Robertson · 422 U.S. 255 (1975)
• Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 435 U.S. 519 (1978)
• Environmental Protection Agency v. Mink · 410 U.S. 73 (1973)
• Batterton v. Francis · 432 U.S. 416 (1977)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Schreiber · 381 U.S. 279 (1965)
• Cort v. Ash · 422 U.S. 66 (1975)
• Department of the Air Force v. Rose · 425 U.S. 352 (1976)
• J. I. Case Co. v. Borak · 377 U.S. 426 (1964)
• National Broadcasting Co. v. United States · 319 U.S. 190 (1943)
• Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · 401 U.S. 402 (1971)
• Califano v. Sanders · 430 U.S. 99 (1977)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. · 421 U.S. 132 (1975)
• Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission · 395 U.S. 367 (1969)
• Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer · 343 U.S. 579 (1952)
• Jones v. Rath Packing Co. · 430 U.S. 519 (1977)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Robbins Tire & Rubber Co. · 437 U.S. 214 (1978)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Wyman-Gordon Co. · 394 U.S. 759 (1969)
• Wong Yang Sung v. McGrath · 339 U.S. 33 (1950)
• Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Rigsby · 241 U.S. 33 (1916)
• Perkins v. Lukens Steel Co. · 310 U.S. 113 (1940)
• Free v. Bland · 369 U.S. 663 (1962)
• Renegotiation Board v. Bannercraft Clothing Co. · 415 U.S. 1 (1974)
• Power Reactor Development Co. v. International Union of Electrical, Radio & MacHine Workers · 367 U.S. 396 (1961)
• Renegotiation Board v. Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. · 421 U.S. 168 (1975)
• Foti v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 375 U.S. 217 (1963)
• Public Util. Comm'n of Cal. v. United States · 355 U.S. 534 (1958)
• Wyandotte Transportation Co. v. United States · 389 U.S. 191 (1967)
• Paul v. United States · 371 U.S. 245 (1963)
• Federal Housing Administration v. Darlington, Inc. · 358 U.S. 84 (1958)

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• Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Assn. · 575 U.S. 92 (2015)
• Kisor v. Wilkie · 588 U.S. 558 (2019)
• Weinberger v. Rossi · 456 U.S. 25 (1982)
• Horne v. Department of Agriculture · 576 U.S. 351 (2015)
• Ruckelshaus v. Monsanto Co. · 467 U.S. 986 (1984)
• United States Department of Justice v. Tax Analysts · 492 U.S. 136 (1989)
• Guardians Assn. v. Civil Serv. Comm'n of New York City · 463 U.S. 582 (1983)
• Shalala v. Guernsey Memorial Hospital · 514 U.S. 87 (1995)
• PDR Network, LLC v. Carlton Harris Chiropractic, Inc. · 588 U.S. 1 (2019)
• Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc. · 447 U.S. 102 (1980)
• Bowen v. Georgetown University Hospital · 488 U.S. 204 (1988)
• Touche Ross & Co. v. Redington · 442 U.S. 560 (1979)
• Fidelity Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. De La Cuesta · 458 U.S. 141 (1982)
• Norton v. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance · 542 U.S. 55 (2004)
• Wright v. City of Roanoke Redevelopment & Housing Authority · 479 U.S. 418 (1987)
• North Haven Board of Education v. Bell · 456 U.S. 512 (1982)
• Lincoln v. Vigil · 508 U.S. 182 (1993)
• Dow Chemical Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Administrator · 476 U.S. 227 (1986)
• Long Island Care at Home, Ltd. v. Coke · 551 U.S. 158 (2007)
• Blum v. Bacon · 457 U.S. 132 (1982)
• Federal Open Market Committee of Federal Reserve System v. Merrill · 443 U.S. 340 (1979)
• GTE Sylvania, Inc. v. Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. · 445 U.S. 375 (1980)

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