Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Commercial Office Products Co.
Decided May 16, 1988. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 86-1696 · 486 U.S. 107 (1988) · Cited 443 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–3.
Majority · 4
- Thurgood Marshall · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Byron Raymond White
- Harry Andrew Blackmun
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
Concurring · 1
- Sandra Day O'Connor · filed a concurring opinion
Dissenting · 3
- Antonin Scalia
- John Paul Stevens · filed a dissenting opinion
- William Hubbs Rehnquist
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.
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.
- Mohasco Corp. v. Silver · 447 U.S. 807 (1980)
- Oscar Mayer & Co. v. Evans · 441 U.S. 750 (1979)
- Love v. Pullman Co. · 404 U.S. 522 (1972)
- Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
- United States v. American Trucking Associations · 310 U.S. 534 (1940)
- National Labor Relations Board v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 23 · 484 U.S. 112 (1987)
- Takao Ozawa v. United States · 260 U.S. 178 (1922)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Edelman v. Lynchburg College · 535 U.S. 106 (2002)
- Federal Express Corp. v. Holowecki · 552 U.S. 389 (2008)
- Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc. · 550 U.S. 618 (2007)
- Woodford v. Ngo · 548 U.S. 81 (2006)
- Arbaugh v. Y & H Corp. · 546 U.S. 500 (2006)
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Arabian American Oil Co. · 499 U.S. 244 (1991)
- Pauley v. BethEnergy Mines, Inc. · 501 U.S. 680 (1991)
- Gregory v. Ashcroft · 501 U.S. 452 (1991)
- Dole v. United Steelworkers · 494 U.S. 26 (1990)
- Lewis v. City of Chicago · 560 U.S. 205 (2010)
- DePierre v. United States · 564 U.S. 70 (2011)
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