Connolly et al., Trustees of the Operating Engineers Pension Trust v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation et al.

Decided February 26, 1986. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 84-1555 · 475 U.S. 211 (1986) · Cited 681 times

Holding

The withdrawal liability provisions of the MPPAA do not violate the Taking Clause.

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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.

• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. RA Gray & Co. · 467 U.S. 717 (1984)
• Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co. · 428 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Kaiser Aetna v. United States · 444 U.S. 164 (1979)
• Nachman Corp. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation · 446 U.S. 359 (1980)
• Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · 438 U.S. 104 (1978)
• Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon · 260 U.S. 393 (1922)
• Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp. · 458 U.S. 419 (1982)
• Ruckelshaus v. Monsanto Co. · 467 U.S. 986 (1984)
• Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Assn., Inc. · 452 U.S. 264 (1981)
• Armstrong v. United States · 364 U.S. 40 (1960)
• PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins · 447 U.S. 74 (1980)
• J. W. Hampton, Jr., & Co. v. United States · 276 U.S. 394 (1928)
• Bowles v. Willingham · 321 U.S. 503 (1944)
• Andrus v. Allard · 444 U.S. 51 (1979)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Amax Coal Co. · 453 U.S. 322 (1981)
• Norman v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad · 294 U.S. 240 (1935)
• Omnia Commercial Co. v. United States · 261 U.S. 502 (1923)
• Federal Housing Administration v. Darlington, Inc. · 358 U.S. 84 (1958)
• Railroad Retirement Board v. Alton Railroad · 295 U.S. 330 (1935)

Cited by

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

• Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel · 524 U.S. 498 (1998)
• Concrete Pipe & Products of Cal., Inc. v. Construction Laborers Pension Trust for Southern Cal. · 508 U.S. 602 (1993)
• Nollan v. California Coastal Commission · 483 U.S. 825 (1987)
• Bay Area Laundry & Dry Cleaning Pension Trust Fund v. Ferbar Corp. of California, Inc. · 522 U.S. 192 (1997)
• Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council · 505 U.S. 1003 (1992)
• Keystone Bituminous Coal Assn. v. DeBenedictis · 480 U.S. 470 (1987)
• Hughes Aircraft Co. v. Jacobson · 525 U.S. 432 (1999)
• Bowen v. Gilliard · 483 U.S. 587 (1987)
• United States v. Carlton · 512 U.S. 26 (1994)
• Milwaukee Brewery Workers' Pension Plan v. Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. · 513 U.S. 414 (1995)

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