Dunlop, Secretary of Labor v. Bachowski et al.

Decided June 2, 1975. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 74-466 · 421 U.S. 560 (1975) · Cited 568 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.

• Wirtz v. Glass Bottle Blowers · 389 U.S. 463 (1968)
• Trbovich v. United Mine Workers · 404 U.S. 528 (1972)
• Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · 401 U.S. 402 (1971)
• Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · 387 U.S. 136 (1967)
• Leedom v. Kyne · 358 U.S. 184 (1958)
• National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. National Assn. of Railroad Passengers · 414 U.S. 453 (1974)
• Rusk v. Cort · 369 U.S. 367 (1962)

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• Heckler v. Chaney · 470 U.S. 821 (1985)
• Local No. 82, Furniture & Piano Moving, Furniture Store Drivers, Helpers, Warehousemen & Packers v. Crowley · 467 U.S. 526 (1984)
• Morris v. Gressette · 432 U.S. 491 (1977)
• Bowen v. Michigan Academy of Family Physicians · 476 U.S. 667 (1986)
• Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee · 579 U.S. 261 (2016)
• MacH Mining, LLC v. Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n · 575 U.S. 480 (2015)
• Florida Power & Light Co. v. Lorion · 470 U.S. 729 (1985)
• Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization · 426 U.S. 26 (1976)
• Heckler v. Ringer · 466 U.S. 602 (1984)
• Park 'N Fly, Inc. v. Dollar Park & Fly, Inc. · 469 U.S. 189 (1985)
• Block v. Community Nutrition Institute · 467 U.S. 340 (1984)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Standard Oil Co. · 449 U.S. 232 (1980)
• Shalala v. Illinois Council on Long Term Care, Inc. · 529 U.S. 1 (2000)
• Lindahl v. Office of Personnel Management · 470 U.S. 768 (1985)
• Marshall v. Jerrico, Inc. · 446 U.S. 238 (1980)
• Thunder Basin Coal Co. v. Reich · 510 U.S. 200 (1994)
• National Labor Relations Board v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 23 · 484 U.S. 112 (1987)
• Industrial Union Dept., AFL-CIO v. American Petroleum Institute · 448 U.S. 607 (1980)
• Traynor v. Turnage · 485 U.S. 535 (1988)
• Trans Alaska Pipeline Rate Cases · 436 U.S. 631 (1978)
• Southern Railway Co. v. Seaboard Allied Milling Corp. · 442 U.S. 444 (1979)
• Briscoe v. Bell · 432 U.S. 404 (1977)
• McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corp. · 606 U.S. 146 (2025)

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