Concrete Pipe and Products of California, Inc. v. Construction Laborers Pension Trust for Southern California

Decided June 14, 1993. David Hackett Souter delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 91-904 · 508 U.S. 602 (1993) · Cited 1,427 times

Holding

A federal court does not have authority under § 302(e) to issue injunctions against a trust fund or its trustees requiring the trust funds to be administered in the manner described in § 302(c)(5).

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.

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.

• Connolly v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation · 475 U.S. 211 (1986)
• Marshall v. Jerrico, Inc. · 446 U.S. 238 (1980)
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. RA Gray & Co. · 467 U.S. 717 (1984)
• Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co. · 428 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Edward J. DeBartolo Corp. v. Florida Gulf Coast Building & Construction Trades Council · 485 U.S. 568 (1988)
• Crowell v. Benson · 285 U.S. 22 (1932)
• Ward v. Village of Monroeville · 409 U.S. 57 (1972)
• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · 477 U.S. 242 (1986)
• Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · 470 U.S. 564 (1985)
• Tumey v. Ohio · 273 U.S. 510 (1927)
• Withrow v. Larkin · 421 U.S. 35 (1975)
• Public Citizen v. United States Department of Justice · 491 U.S. 440 (1989)
• Jackson v. Virginia · 443 U.S. 307 (1979)
• Mathews v. Eldridge · 424 U.S. 319 (1976)
• In Re WINSHIP · 397 U.S. 358 (1970)
• United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · 333 U.S. 364 (1948)
• Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · 438 U.S. 104 (1978)
• Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. · 272 U.S. 365 (1926)
• Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. · 348 U.S. 483 (1955)
• Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council · 505 U.S. 1003 (1992)
• Home Building & Loan Assn. v. Blaisdell · 290 U.S. 398 (1934)
• United States Trust Co. of NY v. New Jersey · 431 U.S. 1 (1977)
• Armstrong v. United States · 364 U.S. 40 (1960)
• Keystone Bituminous Coal Assn. v. DeBenedictis · 480 U.S. 470 (1987)
• Ferguson v. Skrupa · 372 U.S. 726 (1963)
• International Ass'n of MacHinists v. Street · 367 U.S. 740 (1961)
• Reiter v. Cooper · 507 U.S. 258 (1993)
• Atlantic Cleaners & Dyers, Inc. v. United States · 286 U.S. 427 (1932)
• Parsons v. Bedford, Breedlove, & Robeson · 28 U.S. 433 (1830)
• Welch v. Henry · 305 U.S. 134 (1938)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel · 524 U.S. 498 (1998)
• United States v. Davis · 588 U.S. 445 (2019)
• Murr v. Wisconsin · 582 U.S. 383 (2017)
• Hamdi v. Rumsfeld · 542 U.S. 507 (2004)
• Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency · 535 U.S. 302 (2002)
• Reno v. Bossier Parish School Board · 528 U.S. 320 (2000)
• Schlup v. Delo · 513 U.S. 298 (1995)
• Dolan v. City of Tigard · 512 U.S. 374 (1994)
• Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc. · 514 U.S. 211 (1995)
• Palazzolo v. Rhode Island · 533 U.S. 606 (2001)
• Schaffer Ex Rel. Schaffer v. Weast · 546 U.S. 49 (2005)
• Dickinson v. Zurko · 527 U.S. 150 (1999)
• Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Greenwich Collieries · 512 U.S. 267 (1994)
• Phillips v. Washington Legal Foundation · 524 U.S. 156 (1998)
• Metropolitan Stevedore Co. v. Rambo · 521 U.S. 121 (1997)
• Milwaukee Brewery Workers' Pension Plan v. Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. · 513 U.S. 414 (1995)
• Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP · 602 U.S. 1 (2024)

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