Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services et al. v. Florida Nursing Home Association et al.

Decided March 2, 1981. The Court ruled per curiam — an unsigned opinion of the Court.

Docket 80-532 · 450 U.S. 147 (1981) · Cited 446 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.

• Edelman v. Jordan · 415 U.S. 651 (1974)
• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs. · 436 U.S. 658 (1978)
• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins · 304 U.S. 64 (1938)
• Monroe v. Pape · 365 U.S. 167 (1961)
• Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette · 319 U.S. 624 (1943)
• Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill · 437 U.S. 153 (1978)
• Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer · 427 U.S. 445 (1976)
• National League of Cities v. Usery · 426 U.S. 833 (1976)
• Plessy v. Ferguson · 163 U.S. 537 (1896)
• Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. · 157 U.S. 429 (1895)
• Maryland v. Wirtz · 392 U.S. 183 (1968)
• Smith v. Reeves · 178 U.S. 436 (1900)
• Minersville School District v. Gobitis · 310 U.S. 586 (1940)

Cited by

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

• Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlon · 473 U.S. 234 (1985)
• Patsy v. Board of Regents of Fla. · 457 U.S. 496 (1982)
• Tolan v. Cotton · 572 U.S. 650 (2014)
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · 465 U.S. 89 (1984)
• Payne v. Tennessee · 501 U.S. 808 (1991)
• College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board · 527 U.S. 666 (1999)
• Regents of the University of Michigan v. Ewing · 474 U.S. 214 (1985)
• Welch v. Texas Department of Highways & Public Transportation · 483 U.S. 468 (1987)
• Donovan v. Dewey · 452 U.S. 594 (1981)
• California v. Sierra Club · 451 U.S. 287 (1981)
• Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp. v. Feeney · 495 U.S. 299 (1990)
• South Carolina v. Gathers · 490 U.S. 805 (1989)
• Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization · 597 U.S. 215 (2022)
• Karcher v. Daggett · 462 U.S. 725 (1983)

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