Eastern Enterprises v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security, et al.

Decided June 25, 1998. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 97-42 · 524 U.S. 498 (1998) · Cited 720 times

Holding

The judgment is reversed, and the case is remanded.

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How the Justices voted

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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.

• Connolly v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation · 475 U.S. 211 (1986)
• Concrete Pipe & Products of Cal., Inc. v. Construction Laborers Pension Trust for Southern Cal. · 508 U.S. 602 (1993)
• Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co. · 428 U.S. 1 (1976)
• United States v. Security Industrial Bank · 459 U.S. 70 (1982)
• Calder v. Bull · 3 U.S. 386 (1798)
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. RA Gray & Co. · 467 U.S. 717 (1984)
• United Mine Workers v. Pennington · 381 U.S. 657 (1965)
• Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · 438 U.S. 104 (1978)
• Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon · 260 U.S. 393 (1922)
• Armstrong v. United States · 364 U.S. 40 (1960)
• Landgraf v. USI Film Products · 511 U.S. 244 (1994)
• Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp. · 458 U.S. 419 (1982)
• Ruckelshaus v. Monsanto Co. · 467 U.S. 986 (1984)
• General Motors Corp. v. Romein · 503 U.S. 181 (1992)
• Louisville Joint Stock Land Bank v. Radford · 295 U.S. 555 (1935)
• United Mine Workers of America Health & Retirement Funds v. Robinson · 455 U.S. 562 (1982)
• Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council · 505 U.S. 1003 (1992)
• Kaiser Aetna v. United States · 444 U.S. 164 (1979)
• Andrus v. Allard · 444 U.S. 51 (1979)
• United States v. Carlton · 512 U.S. 26 (1994)
• Hodel v. Irving · 481 U.S. 704 (1987)
• Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc. · 438 U.S. 59 (1978)
• Nollan v. California Coastal Commission · 483 U.S. 825 (1987)
• Agins v. City of Tiburon · 447 U.S. 255 (1980)
• First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. County of Los Angeles · 482 U.S. 304 (1987)
• Lochner v. New York · 198 U.S. 45 (1905)
• Ferguson v. Skrupa · 372 U.S. 726 (1963)
• Dolan v. City of Tigard · 512 U.S. 374 (1994)
• Webb's Fabulous Pharmacies, Inc. v. Beckwith · 449 U.S. 155 (1980)
• United States v. Sperry Corp. · 493 U.S. 52 (1989)

Cited by

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

• Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management Dist. · 570 U.S. 595 (2013)
• Barnhart v. Sigmon Coal Co. · 534 U.S. 438 (2002)
• Horne v. Department of Agriculture · 569 U.S. 513 (2013)
• Lingle v. Chevron U. S. A. Inc. · 544 U.S. 528 (2005)
• Kelo v. City of New London · 545 U.S. 469 (2005)
• Barnhart v. Peabody Coal Co. · 537 U.S. 149 (2003)
• Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency · 535 U.S. 302 (2002)

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