Fidelity Federal Savings & Loan Association et al. v. De La Cuesta et al.

Decided June 28, 1982. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 81-750 · 458 U.S. 141 (1982) · Cited 1,769 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–2.

“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.

• United States v. Shimer · 367 U.S. 374 (1961)
• Hines v. Davidowitz · 312 U.S. 52 (1941)
• Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul · 373 U.S. 132 (1963)
• Jones v. Rath Packing Co. · 430 U.S. 519 (1977)
• Free v. Bland · 369 U.S. 663 (1962)
• Ridgway v. Ridgway · 454 U.S. 46 (1981)
• Franklin Nat. Bank of Franklin Square v. New York · 347 U.S. 373 (1954)
• Butner v. United States · 440 U.S. 48 (1979)
• Udall v. Tallman · 380 U.S. 1 (1965)
• Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · 331 U.S. 218 (1947)
• Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission · 395 U.S. 367 (1969)
• Chrysler Corp. v. Brown · 441 U.S. 281 (1979)
• Phelps Dodge Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 313 U.S. 177 (1941)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Bell Aerospace Co. · 416 U.S. 267 (1974)
• Texas Industries, Inc. v. Radcliff Materials, Inc. · 451 U.S. 630 (1981)
• Jarecki v. G. D. Searle & Co. · 367 U.S. 303 (1961)
• Testa v. Katt · 330 U.S. 386 (1947)
• United States v. Southwestern Cable Co. · 392 U.S. 157 (1968)
• American Textile Manufacturers Institute, Inc. v. Donovan · 452 U.S. 490 (1981)
• Bethlehem Steel Co. v. New York State Labor Relations Board · 330 U.S. 767 (1947)
• Blum v. Bacon · 457 U.S. 132 (1982)
• Hauenstein v. Lynham · 100 U.S. 483 (1880)
• Aronson v. Quick Point Pencil Co. · 440 U.S. 257 (1979)

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• Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. v. Arkansas Public Service Commission · 461 U.S. 375 (1983)
• Volt Info. Sciences, Inc. v. Bd. of Trustees of Leland Stanford Jr. U. · 489 U.S. 468 (1989)
• Watters v. Wachovia Bank, N. A. · 550 U.S. 1 (2007)
• Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corp. · 464 U.S. 238 (1984)
• Kisor v. Wilkie · 588 U.S. 558 (2019)
• Capital Cities Cable, Inc. v. Crisp · 467 U.S. 691 (1984)
• City of New York v. Federal Communications Commission · 486 U.S. 57 (1988)
• Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. State Energy Resources Conservation & Development Commission · 461 U.S. 190 (1983)
• Gade v. National Solid Wastes Management Assn. · 505 U.S. 88 (1992)
• Barnett Bank of Marion County, N. A. v. Nelson · 517 U.S. 25 (1996)
• Schneidewind v. ANR Pipeline Co. · 485 U.S. 293 (1988)
• Brown v. Hotel & Restaurant Employees & Bartenders International Union Local 54 · 468 U.S. 491 (1984)
• Cantero v. Bank of America, N. A. · 602 U.S. 205 (2024)
• Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Construction Laborers Vacation Trust for Southern Cal. · 463 U.S. 1 (1983)
• Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. · 463 U.S. 85 (1983)
• Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc. · 505 U.S. 504 (1992)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Massachusetts · 471 U.S. 724 (1985)
• Hillsborough County v. Automated Medical Laboratories, Inc. · 471 U.S. 707 (1985)
• Gregory v. Ashcroft · 501 U.S. 452 (1991)
• CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Easterwood · 507 U.S. 658 (1993)
• Park 'N Fly, Inc. v. Dollar Park & Fly, Inc. · 469 U.S. 189 (1985)
• FMC Corp. v. Holliday · 498 U.S. 52 (1990)
• Louisiana Pub. Serv. Comm'n v. FCC · 476 U.S. 355 (1986)
• Bowsher v. Synar · 478 U.S. 714 (1986)
• Bill Johnson's Restaurants, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 461 U.S. 731 (1983)
• California Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Guerra · 479 U.S. 272 (1987)
• Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Reilly · 533 U.S. 525 (2001)

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