Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc., et al.

Decided June 26, 1978. Warren Earl Burger delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 77-262 · 438 U.S. 59 (1978) · Cited 1,936 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• Flast v. Cohen · 392 U.S. 83 (1968)
• Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization · 426 U.S. 26 (1976)
• Warth v. Seldin · 422 U.S. 490 (1975)
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Mottley · 211 U.S. 149 (1908)
• Regional Rail Reorganization Act Cases · 419 U.S. 102 (1974)
• Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · 429 U.S. 252 (1977)
• Bell v. Hood · 327 U.S. 678 (1946)
• Linda R. S. v. Richard D. · 410 U.S. 614 (1973)
• Hagans v. Lavine · 415 U.S. 528 (1974)
• United States v. Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures (SCRAP) · 412 U.S. 669 (1973)
• United States v. Richardson · 418 U.S. 166 (1974)
• United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · 333 U.S. 364 (1948)
• Sierra Club v. Morton · 405 U.S. 727 (1972)
• Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co. · 428 U.S. 1 (1976)
• National League of Cities v. Usery · 426 U.S. 833 (1976)
• New York Central Railroad Company v. White · 243 U.S. 188 (1916)
• Silver v. Silver · 280 U.S. 117 (1929)
• Richardson v. Morris · 409 U.S. 464 (1972)
• Andrus v. Charlestone Stone Products Co. · 436 U.S. 604 (1978)
• Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · 403 U.S. 388 (1971)
• Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle · 429 U.S. 274 (1977)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• United States v. Testan · 424 U.S. 392 (1976)
• Singleton v. Wulff · 428 U.S. 106 (1976)
• O'Shea v. Littleton · 414 U.S. 488 (1974)
• Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 435 U.S. 519 (1978)
• Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores · 421 U.S. 723 (1975)
• Craig v. Boren · 429 U.S. 190 (1976)
• Crowell v. Benson · 285 U.S. 22 (1932)
• Dalehite v. United States · 346 U.S. 15 (1953)

Cited by

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• Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · 454 U.S. 464 (1982)
• Larson v. Valente · 456 U.S. 228 (1982)
• Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corp. · 464 U.S. 238 (1984)
• Clapper v. Amnesty International USA · 568 U.S. 398 (2013)
• Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. State Energy Resources Conservation & Development Commission · 461 U.S. 190 (1983)
• Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency · 549 U.S. 497 (2007)
• Orr v. Orr · 440 U.S. 268 (1979)
• City of Los Angeles v. Lyons · 461 U.S. 95 (1983)
• Allen v. Wright · 468 U.S. 737 (1984)
• Gladstone, Realtors v. Village of Bellwood · 441 U.S. 91 (1979)
• National Park Hospitality Association v. Department of the Interior · 538 U.S. 803 (2003)
• Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel · 524 U.S. 498 (1998)
• Hodel v. Indiana · 452 U.S. 314 (1981)
• United States v. Texas · 599 U.S. 670 (2023)
• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · 504 U.S. 555 (1992)
• Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc. · 528 U.S. 167 (2000)
• City of Chicago v. International College of Surgeons · 522 U.S. 156 (1997)
• Davis v. Passman · 442 U.S. 228 (1979)
• Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Thompson Ex Rel. Thompson · 478 U.S. 804 (1986)
• Havens Realty Corp. v. Coleman · 455 U.S. 363 (1982)
• United States Parole Commission v. Geraghty · 445 U.S. 388 (1980)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
• Ruckelshaus v. Monsanto Co. · 467 U.S. 986 (1984)
• Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Assn., Inc. · 452 U.S. 264 (1981)
• English v. General Electric Co. · 496 U.S. 72 (1990)
• Thomas v. Union Carbide Agricultural Products Co. · 473 U.S. 568 (1985)
• Maryland v. Louisiana · 451 U.S. 725 (1981)
• PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins · 447 U.S. 74 (1980)
• Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow · 542 U.S. 1 (2004)
• Franklin v. Massachusetts · 505 U.S. 788 (1992)

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