Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor v. Greenwich Collieries

Decided June 20, 1994. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 93-744 · 512 U.S. 267 (1994) · Cited 573 times

Holding

The RLA does not pre-empt Norris’ state-law causes of action.

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 6–3.

“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.

• National Labor Relations Board v. Transportation Management Corp. · 462 U.S. 393 (1983)
• Steadman v. Securities & Exchange Commission · 450 U.S. 91 (1981)
• Mullins Coal Co. of Va. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs · 484 U.S. 135 (1987)
• Heiner v. Donnan · 285 U.S. 312 (1932)
• Hill v. Smith · 260 U.S. 592 (1923)
• Bowen v. Yuckert · 482 U.S. 137 (1987)
• Califano v. Sanders · 430 U.S. 99 (1977)
• Cannon v. University of Chicago · 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
• Patterson v. McLean Credit Union · 491 U.S. 164 (1989)
• Victor v. Nebraska · 511 U.S. 1 (1994)
• Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co. · 325 U.S. 410 (1945)
• Smith v. United States · 508 U.S. 223 (1993)
• Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection Corporation · 503 U.S. 258 (1992)
• Concrete Pipe & Products of Cal., Inc. v. Construction Laborers Pension Trust for Southern Cal. · 508 U.S. 602 (1993)
• Illinois Brick Co. v. Illinois · 431 U.S. 720 (1977)
• Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio · 490 U.S. 642 (1989)
• Tot v. United States · 319 U.S. 463 (1943)
• Martin v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission · 499 U.S. 144 (1991)
• Miles v. Apex Marine Corp. · 498 U.S. 19 (1990)
• Keyes v. School Dist. No. 1, Denver · 413 U.S. 189 (1973)
• Wong Yang Sung v. McGrath · 339 U.S. 33 (1950)
• American Dredging Co. v. Miller · 510 U.S. 443 (1994)
• Johnson v. Transportation Agency, Santa Clara Cty. · 480 U.S. 616 (1987)
• Garrett v. Moore-McCormack Co. · 317 U.S. 239 (1942)
• Northeast Marine Terminal Co. v. Caputo · 432 U.S. 249 (1977)
• Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad v. Turnipseed · 219 U.S. 35 (1910)
• Square D Co. v. Niagara Frontier Tariff Bureau, Inc. · 476 U.S. 409 (1986)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Curtin Matheson Scientific, Inc. · 494 U.S. 775 (1990)
• Radio Corp. of America v. Radio Engineering Laboratories, Inc. · 293 U.S. 1 (1934)
• Del Vecchio v. Bowers · 296 U.S. 280 (1935)

Cited by

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

• Metropolitan Stevedore Co. v. Rambo · 521 U.S. 121 (1997)
• Schaffer Ex Rel. Schaffer v. Weast · 546 U.S. 49 (2005)
• Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Assn. · 575 U.S. 92 (2015)
• Medtronic, Inc. v. Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC. · 571 U.S. 191 (2014)
• Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. · 514 U.S. 122 (1995)
• Garland v. Ming Dai · 593 U.S. 357 (2021)
• Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd. Partnership · 564 U.S. 91 (2011)
• Raleigh v. Illinois Department of Revenue · 530 U.S. 15 (2000)
• Carcieri v. Salazar · 555 U.S. 379 (2009)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Kentucky River Community Care, Inc. · 532 U.S. 706 (2001)
• Xiulu Ruan v. United States · 597 U.S. 450 (2022)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1994). 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).