City of Revere v. Massachusetts General Hospital
Decided June 27, 1983. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 82-63 · 463 U.S. 239 (1983) · Cited 1,572 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 9–0.
Majority · 6
- Harry Andrew Blackmun · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.
- Sandra Day O'Connor
- Thurgood Marshall
- Warren Earl Burger
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
Concurring · 3
- Byron Raymond White
- John Paul Stevens · filed a concurring opinion
- William Hubbs Rehnquist · filed a concurring opinion
“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)
- Bell v. Wolfish · 441 U.S. 520 (1979)
- Ingraham v. Wright · 430 U.S. 651 (1977)
- Estelle v. Gamble · 429 U.S. 97 (1976)
- Dandridge v. Williams · 397 U.S. 471 (1970)
- Youngberg v. Romeo Ex Rel. Romeo · 457 U.S. 307 (1982)
- Oregon v. Hass · 420 U.S. 714 (1975)
- Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. · 449 U.S. 456 (1981)
- Doremus v. Board of Ed. of Hawthorne · 342 U.S. 429 (1952)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- United States Department of Labor v. Triplett · 494 U.S. 715 (1990)
- City of Canton v. Harris · 489 U.S. 378 (1989)
- County of Sacramento v. Lewis · 523 U.S. 833 (1998)
- Ziglar v. Abbasi · 582 U.S. 120 (2017)
- DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services · 489 U.S. 189 (1989)
- Ponte v. Real · 471 U.S. 491 (1985)
- Asarco Inc. v. Kadish · 490 U.S. 605 (1989)
- Whitley v. Albers · 475 U.S. 312 (1986)
- Collins v. City of Harker Heights · 503 U.S. 115 (1992)
- Davidson v. Cannon · 474 U.S. 344 (1986)
- City of Chicago v. Morales · 527 U.S. 41 (1999)
- Rust v. Sullivan · 500 U.S. 173 (1991)
- Browning-Ferris Industries of Vermont, Inc. v. Kelco Disposal, Inc. · 492 U.S. 257 (1989)
- Oregon v. Guzek · 546 U.S. 517 (2006)
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