Consumer Product Safety Commission et al. v. Gte Sylvania, Inc., et al.

Decided June 9, 1980. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 79-521 · 447 U.S. 102 (1980) · Cited 2,564 times

Holding

Section 6(b)(1) governs the disclosure of records by the Commission pursuant to a request under the FOIA.

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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.

• Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration v. Robertson · 422 U.S. 255 (1975)
• GTE Sylvania, Inc. v. Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. · 445 U.S. 375 (1980)
• Skidmore v. Swift & Co. · 323 U.S. 134 (1944)
• Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission · 395 U.S. 367 (1969)
• Chrysler Corp. v. Brown · 441 U.S. 281 (1979)
• United States v. Philadelphia National Bank · 374 U.S. 321 (1963)
• United States v. Fisher · 6 U.S. 358 (1805)
• Davies Warehouse Co. v. Bowles · 321 U.S. 144 (1944)
• Andrus v. Shell Oil Co. · 446 U.S. 657 (1980)

Cited by

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

• Landgraf v. USI Film Products · 511 U.S. 244 (1994)
• Griffin v. Oceanic Contractors, Inc. · 458 U.S. 564 (1982)
• American Tobacco Co. v. Patterson · 456 U.S. 63 (1982)
• Hallstrom v. Tillamook County · 493 U.S. 20 (1989)
• Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. United States Army Corps of Engineers · 531 U.S. 159 (2001)
• United States v. Hayes · 555 U.S. 415 (2009)
• Weinberger v. Rossi · 456 U.S. 25 (1982)
• Bread Political Action Committee v. Federal Election Commission · 455 U.S. 577 (1982)
• R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Durham County · 479 U.S. 130 (1986)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca · 480 U.S. 421 (1987)
• Sedima, S. P. R. L. v. Imrex Co. · 473 U.S. 479 (1985)
• Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. · 463 U.S. 85 (1983)
• Associated General Contractors of California, Inc. v. California State Council of Carpenters · 459 U.S. 519 (1983)
• Russello v. United States · 464 U.S. 16 (1983)
• United States v. Turkette · 452 U.S. 576 (1981)
• Jett v. Dallas Independent School District · 491 U.S. 701 (1989)
• Briscoe v. LaHue · 460 U.S. 325 (1983)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
• Central Bank of Denver, N. A. v. First Interstate Bank of Denver, N. A. · 511 U.S. 164 (1994)
• Wright v. West · 505 U.S. 277 (1992)
• Albernaz v. United States · 450 U.S. 333 (1981)
• Ankenbrandt Ex Rel. L. R. v. Richards · 504 U.S. 689 (1992)
• Reves v. Ernst & Young · 507 U.S. 170 (1993)
• Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid · 490 U.S. 730 (1989)
• Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. v. Bonjorno · 494 U.S. 827 (1990)
• Barnhart v. Sigmon Coal Co. · 534 U.S. 438 (2002)
• MacKey v. Lanier Collection Agency & Service, Inc. · 486 U.S. 825 (1988)
• Gwaltney of Smithfield, Ltd. v. Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc. · 484 U.S. 49 (1987)
• Patterson v. Shumate · 504 U.S. 753 (1992)
• United States v. Locke · 471 U.S. 84 (1985)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1980). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).