Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor v. Perini North River Associates et al.

Decided January 11, 1983. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 81-897 · 459 U.S. 297 (1983) · Cited 259 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

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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.

• Calbeck v. Travelers Insurance Co. · 370 U.S. 114 (1962)
• Davis v. Department of Labor and Industries of Wash. · 317 U.S. 249 (1942)
• Southern Pacific Company v. Jensen · 244 U.S. 205 (1916)
• Northeast Marine Terminal Co. v. Caputo · 432 U.S. 249 (1977)
• Parker v. Motor Boat Sales, Inc. · 314 U.S. 244 (1942)
• P. C. Pfeiffer Co. v. Ford · 444 U.S. 69 (1979)
• Pennsylvania Railroad v. O'Rourke · 344 U.S. 334 (1953)
• Grant Smith-Porter Ship Co. v. Rohde · 257 U.S. 469 (1922)
• Sun Ship, Inc. v. Pennsylvania · 447 U.S. 715 (1980)
• Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City of Cleveland · 409 U.S. 249 (1972)
• Crowell v. Benson · 285 U.S. 22 (1932)
• Washington v. W. C. Dawson & Co. · 264 U.S. 219 (1924)
• Nacirema Operating Co. v. Johnson · 396 U.S. 212 (1969)
• Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · 454 U.S. 464 (1982)
• Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization · 426 U.S. 26 (1976)
• Cannon v. University of Chicago · 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
• Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc. · 447 U.S. 102 (1980)
• Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki · 328 U.S. 85 (1946)
• Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp. · 350 U.S. 124 (1956)
• O'Bannon v. Town Court Nursing Center · 447 U.S. 773 (1980)
• Victory Carriers, Inc. v. Law · 404 U.S. 202 (1971)
• Voris v. Eikel · 346 U.S. 328 (1953)
• Baltimore & Phila. Steamboat Co. v. Norton · 284 U.S. 408 (1932)

Cited by

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

• Herb's Welding, Inc. v. Gray · 470 U.S. 414 (1985)
• Diamond v. Charles · 476 U.S. 54 (1986)
• Chandris, Inc. v. Latsis · 515 U.S. 347 (1995)
• Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. · 514 U.S. 122 (1995)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
• Estate of Cowart v. Nicklos Drilling Co. · 505 U.S. 469 (1992)
• Offshore Logistics, Inc. v. Tallentire · 477 U.S. 207 (1986)
• Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski · 592 U.S. 279 (2021)
• Square D Co. v. Niagara Frontier Tariff Bureau, Inc. · 476 U.S. 409 (1986)
• Goodyear Atomic Corp. v. Miller · 486 U.S. 174 (1988)
• Department of Commerce v. United States House of Representatives · 525 U.S. 316 (1999)

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