Elizabeth Dole, Secretary of Labor, et al. v. United Steelworkers of America et al.

Decided February 21, 1990. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 88-1434 · 494 U.S. 26 (1990) · Cited 352 times

Holding

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• Massachusetts v. Morash · 490 U.S. 107 (1989)
• K Mart Corp. v. Cartier, Inc. · 486 U.S. 281 (1988)
• National Labor Relations Board v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 23 · 484 U.S. 112 (1987)
• Schreiber v. Burlington Northern, Inc. · 472 U.S. 1 (1985)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca · 480 U.S. 421 (1987)
• Pilot Life Insurance v. Dedeaux · 481 U.S. 41 (1987)
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Schor · 478 U.S. 833 (1986)
• Japan Whaling Ass'n v. American Cetacean Society · 478 U.S. 221 (1986)
• Offshore Logistics, Inc. v. Tallentire · 477 U.S. 207 (1986)
• Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System v. Dimension Financial Corp. · 474 U.S. 361 (1986)
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Commercial Office Products Co. · 486 U.S. 107 (1988)
• Chemical Manufacturers Ass'n v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 470 U.S. 116 (1985)
• Mississippi Power & Light Co. v. Mississippi Ex Rel. Moore · 487 U.S. 354 (1988)

Cited by

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

• City of Arlington v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n · 569 U.S. 290 (2013)
• Gregory v. Ashcroft · 501 U.S. 452 (1991)
• United States National Bank v. Independent Insurance Agents of America, Inc. · 508 U.S. 439 (1993)
• Brown v. Gardner · 513 U.S. 115 (1994)
• Dolan v. United States Postal Service · 546 U.S. 481 (2006)
• Maislin Industries, U. S., Inc. v. Primary Steel, Inc. · 497 U.S. 116 (1990)
• Beecham v. United States · 511 U.S. 368 (1994)
• Logan v. United States · 552 U.S. 23 (2007)
• S. D. Warren Co. v. Maine Board of Environmental Protection · 547 U.S. 370 (2006)
• Dunn v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission · 519 U.S. 465 (1997)

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