Clarke, Comptroller of the Currency v. Securities Industry Association

Decided January 14, 1987. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 85-971 · 479 U.S. 388 (1987) · Cited 979 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

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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.

• Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · 397 U.S. 150 (1970)
• Block v. Community Nutrition Institute · 467 U.S. 340 (1984)
• Investment Company Institute v. Camp · 401 U.S. 617 (1971)
• First National Bank in St. Louis v. Missouri · 263 U.S. 640 (1924)
• First Nat. Bank of Logan v. Walker Bank & Trust Co. · 385 U.S. 252 (1966)
• Arnold Tours, Inc. v. Camp · 400 U.S. 45 (1970)
• Barlow v. Collins · 397 U.S. 159 (1970)
• Shaughnessy v. Pedreiro · 349 U.S. 48 (1955)
• Cort v. Ash · 422 U.S. 66 (1975)
• Japan Whaling Ass'n v. American Cetacean Society · 478 U.S. 221 (1986)
• Boston Stock Exchange v. State Tax Commission · 429 U.S. 318 (1977)
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · 454 U.S. 464 (1982)
• Cannon v. University of Chicago · 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
• United States v. Riverside Bayview Homes, Inc. · 474 U.S. 121 (1985)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Sanders Bros. Radio Station · 309 U.S. 470 (1940)
• Chemical Manufacturers Ass'n v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 470 U.S. 116 (1985)
• Tennessee Electric Power Co. v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 306 U.S. 118 (1939)
• Rusk v. Cort · 369 U.S. 367 (1962)
• First National Bank in Plant City v. Dickinson · 396 U.S. 122 (1969)
• Northeast Bancorp, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System · 472 U.S. 159 (1985)

Cited by

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• National Credit Union Administration v. First National Bank & Trust Co. · 522 U.S. 479 (1998)
• Air Courier Conference of America v. American Postal Workers Union · 498 U.S. 517 (1991)
• FDA v. R. J. Reynolds Vapor Co. · 606 U.S. 226 (2025)
• Lexmark Int'l, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc. · 572 U.S. 118 (2014)
• Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak · 567 U.S. 209 (2012)
• Watters v. Wachovia Bank, N. A. · 550 U.S. 1 (2007)
• Dennis v. Higgins · 498 U.S. 439 (1991)
• Wyoming v. Oklahoma · 502 U.S. 437 (1992)
• Nationsbank of North Carolina, N. A. v. Variable Annuity Life Insurance · 513 U.S. 251 (1995)
• Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation · 497 U.S. 871 (1990)
• Bennett v. Spear · 520 U.S. 154 (1997)
• Atherton v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. · 519 U.S. 213 (1997)
• Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. · 514 U.S. 122 (1995)

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