City of Cleburne, Texas, et al. v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc., et al.

Decided July 1, 1985. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 84-468 · 473 U.S. 432 (1985) · Cited 7,112 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• Craig v. Boren · 429 U.S. 190 (1976)
• United States Department of Agriculture v. Moreno · 413 U.S. 528 (1973)
• Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan · 458 U.S. 718 (1982)
• Zobel v. Williams · 457 U.S. 55 (1982)
• Plyler v. Doe · 457 U.S. 202 (1982)
• Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. Murgia · 427 U.S. 307 (1976)
• City of New Orleans v. Dukes · 427 U.S. 297 (1976)
• Frontiero v. Richardson · 411 U.S. 677 (1973)
• United States Railroad Retirement Board v. Fritz · 449 U.S. 166 (1980)
• Hunter v. Underwood · 471 U.S. 222 (1985)
• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · 411 U.S. 1 (1973)
• Lochner v. New York · 198 U.S. 45 (1905)
• Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur · 414 U.S. 632 (1974)
• United States v. Grace · 461 U.S. 171 (1983)
• Palmore v. Sidoti · 466 U.S. 429 (1984)
• Mills v. Habluetzel · 456 U.S. 91 (1982)
• Stanley v. Illinois · 405 U.S. 645 (1972)
• Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. · 348 U.S. 483 (1955)
• Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley Ex Rel. Rowley · 458 U.S. 176 (1982)
• Reed v. Reed · 404 U.S. 71 (1971)
• Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. Williamson · 316 U.S. 535 (1942)
• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke · 438 U.S. 265 (1978)
• Vance v. Bradley · 440 U.S. 93 (1979)
• Plessy v. Ferguson · 163 U.S. 537 (1896)
• United States v. Carolene Products Co. · 304 U.S. 144 (1938)
• Brockett v. Spokane Arcades, Inc. · 472 U.S. 491 (1985)
• Allied Stores of Ohio, Inc. v. Bowers · 358 U.S. 522 (1959)
• Caban v. Mohammed · 441 U.S. 380 (1979)
• Mathews v. Lucas · 427 U.S. 495 (1976)
• Sugarman v. Dougall · 413 U.S. 634 (1973)

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• Board of Trustees of Univ. of Ala. v. Garrett · 531 U.S. 356 (2001)
• United States v. Skrmetti · 605 U.S. 495 (2025)
• Heller v. Doe Ex Rel. Doe · 509 U.S. 312 (1993)
• United States v. Windsor · 570 U.S. 744 (2013)
• Tennessee v. Lane · 541 U.S. 509 (2004)
• Lawrence v. Texas · 539 U.S. 558 (2003)
• Bush v. Vera · 517 U.S. 952 (1996)
• Lyng v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, & Agricultural Implement Workers · 485 U.S. 360 (1988)
• Batson v. Kentucky · 476 U.S. 79 (1986)
• Nordlinger v. Hahn · 505 U.S. 1 (1992)
• Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena · 515 U.S. 200 (1995)
• Wygant v. Jackson Board of Education · 476 U.S. 267 (1986)
• Kadrmas v. Dickinson Public Schools · 487 U.S. 450 (1988)
• Flowers v. Mississippi · 588 U.S. 284 (2019)
• Attorney General of New York v. Soto-Lopez · 476 U.S. 898 (1986)
• Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado · 580 U.S. 206 (2017)
• Hernandez v. New York · 500 U.S. 352 (1991)
• JEB v. Alabama Ex Rel. TB · 511 U.S. 127 (1994)
• City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co. · 488 U.S. 469 (1989)
• Olmstead v. L.C. · 527 U.S. 581 (1999)
• Trump v. Hawaii · 585 U.S. 667 (2018)
• Vieth v. Jubelirer · 541 U.S. 267 (2004)
• Tuan Anh Nguyen v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 533 U.S. 53 (2001)
• Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Crenshaw · 486 U.S. 71 (1988)
• Penry v. Lynaugh · 492 U.S. 302 (1989)
• Washington v. Glucksberg · 521 U.S. 702 (1997)
• Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents · 528 U.S. 62 (2000)
• Gregory v. Ashcroft · 501 U.S. 452 (1991)
• Bowers v. Hardwick · 478 U.S. 186 (1986)
• Cruzan Ex Rel. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health · 497 U.S. 261 (1990)

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