Evans, Governor of Idaho, et al. v. Jeff D. et al., Minors, by and Through Their Next Friend, Johnson, et al.

Decided April 21, 1986. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 84-1288 · 475 U.S. 717 (1986) · Cited 504 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.

• Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc. · 390 U.S. 400 (1968)
• Marek v. Chesny · 473 U.S. 1 (1985)
• Hensley v. Eckerhart · 461 U.S. 424 (1983)
• Blum v. Stenson · 465 U.S. 886 (1984)
• Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness Society · 421 U.S. 240 (1975)
• Brooklyn Savings Bank v. O'Neil · 324 U.S. 697 (1945)
• Maher v. Gagne · 448 U.S. 122 (1980)
• White v. New Hampshire Department of Employment Security · 455 U.S. 445 (1982)
• United States v. American Trucking Associations · 310 U.S. 534 (1940)
• Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlon · 473 U.S. 234 (1985)
• Sorrells v. United States · 287 U.S. 435 (1932)
• Wilko v. Swan · 346 U.S. 427 (1953)
• United States v. Swift & Co. · 286 U.S. 106 (1932)
• System Federation No. 91 v. Wright · 364 U.S. 642 (1961)
• New York Gaslight Club, Inc. v. Carey · 447 U.S. 54 (1980)
• Firefighters Local Union No. 1784 v. Stotts · 467 U.S. 561 (1984)
• Lynch v. Overholser · 369 U.S. 705 (1962)
• Pasadena City Board of Education v. Spangler · 427 U.S. 424 (1976)
• Larkin v. Grendel's Den, Inc. · 459 U.S. 116 (1982)
• United States v. Brown · 333 U.S. 18 (1948)
• United States v. United Shoe MacHinery Corp. · 391 U.S. 244 (1968)
• Takao Ozawa v. United States · 260 U.S. 178 (1922)
• United States v. Campos-Serrano · 404 U.S. 293 (1971)
• Weil v. Neary · 278 U.S. 160 (1929)
• Perry v. Commerce Loan Co. · 383 U.S. 392 (1966)
• Boyd v. Grand Trunk Western Railroad · 338 U.S. 263 (1949)
• Watt v. Western Nuclear, Inc. · 462 U.S. 36 (1983)

Cited by

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• Astrue v. Ratliff · 560 U.S. 586 (2010)
• Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Dept. of Health and Human Resources · 532 U.S. 598 (2001)
• Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air · 478 U.S. 546 (1986)
• Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered v. United States · 491 U.S. 617 (1989)
• Arlington Central School District Board of Education v. Murphy · 548 U.S. 291 (2006)
• United States v. Mezzanatto · 513 U.S. 196 (1995)
• Cunningham v. Hamilton County · 527 U.S. 198 (1999)
• Venegas v. Mitchell · 495 U.S. 82 (1990)

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