Corning Glass Works v. Brennan, Secretary of Labor
Decided June 3, 1974. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 73-29 · 417 U.S. 188 (1974) · Cited 1,323 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–3.
Majority · 5
- Thurgood Marshall · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Byron Raymond White
- Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
- William Orville Douglas
Dissenting · 3
- Harry Andrew Blackmun
- Warren Earl Burger · filed a dissenting opinion
- William Hubbs Rehnquist
“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.
- Griggs v. Duke Power Co. · 401 U.S. 424 (1971)
- United States v. Universal C. I. T. Credit Corp. · 344 U.S. 218 (1952)
- Arnold v. Ben Kanowsky, Inc. · 361 U.S. 388 (1960)
- A. H. Phillips, Inc. v. Walling · 324 U.S. 490 (1945)
- Mitchell v. Kentucky Finance Co. · 359 U.S. 290 (1959)
- Walling v. General Industries Co. · 330 U.S. 545 (1947)
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- Meacham v. Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory · 554 U.S. 84 (2008)
- Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc. · 550 U.S. 618 (2007)
- County of Washington v. Gunther · 452 U.S. 161 (1981)
- Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins · 490 U.S. 228 (1989)
- Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio · 490 U.S. 642 (1989)
- Louisiana Pub. Serv. Comm'n v. FCC · 476 U.S. 355 (1986)
- Utah v. Evans · 536 U.S. 452 (2002)
- United Mine Workers of America Health & Retirement Funds v. Robinson · 455 U.S. 562 (1982)
- United States v. Hansen · 599 U.S. 762 (2023)
- E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera · 604 U.S. 45 (2025)
- Monsalvo Velazquez v. Bondi · 604 U.S. 712 (2025)
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