Cooper et al. v. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Decided June 25, 1984. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 83-185 · 467 U.S. 867 (1984) · Cited 584 times

Holding

The Baxter petitioners are not precluded from maintaining their separate action against the Bank.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

“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.

• International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · 431 U.S. 324 (1977)
• General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. Falcon · 457 U.S. 147 (1982)
• Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · 450 U.S. 248 (1981)
• McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · 411 U.S. 792 (1973)
• United States Postal Service Board of Governors v. Aikens · 460 U.S. 711 (1983)
• Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters · 438 U.S. 567 (1978)
• Franks v. Bowman Transportation Co. · 424 U.S. 747 (1976)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Co. · 458 U.S. 886 (1982)

Cited by

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

• Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins · 490 U.S. 228 (1989)
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes · 564 U.S. 338 (2011)
• St. Mary's Honor Center v. Hicks · 509 U.S. 502 (1993)
• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. v. Epstein · 516 U.S. 367 (1996)
• Smith v. Bayer Corp. · 564 U.S. 299 (2011)
• Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana · 596 U.S. 639 (2022)

Official text

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