Fort Halifax Packing Co., Inc. v. Coyne, Director, Bureau of Labor Standards of Maine, et al.

Decided June 1, 1987. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 86-341 · 482 U.S. 1 (1987) · Cited 1,315 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. · 463 U.S. 85 (1983)
• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Massachusetts · 471 U.S. 724 (1985)
• Alessi v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. · 451 U.S. 504 (1981)
• Malone v. White Motor Corp. · 435 U.S. 497 (1978)
• Golden State Transit Corp. v. City of Los Angeles · 475 U.S. 608 (1986)
• San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon · 359 U.S. 236 (1959)
• Garner v. Teamsters, Chauffeurs & Helpers Local Union No. 776 · 346 U.S. 485 (1953)
• Lodge 76, International Ass'n of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission · 427 U.S. 132 (1976)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Nash-Finch Co. · 404 U.S. 138 (1971)

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• Gobeille v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. · 577 U.S. 312 (2016)
• FMC Corp. v. Holliday · 498 U.S. 52 (1990)
• Egelhoff v. Egelhoff Ex Rel. Breiner · 532 U.S. 141 (2001)
• Ingersoll-Rand Co. v. McClendon · 498 U.S. 133 (1990)
• District of Columbia v. Greater Washington Board of Trade · 506 U.S. 125 (1992)
• Brown v. Pro Football, Inc. · 518 U.S. 231 (1996)
• Lingle v. Norge Division of Magic Chef, Inc. · 486 U.S. 399 (1988)
• Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. v. Norris · 512 U.S. 246 (1994)
• Massachusetts v. Morash · 490 U.S. 107 (1989)
• De Buono v. NYSA-ILA Medical & Clinical Services Fund Ex Rel. Bowers · 520 U.S. 806 (1997)
• Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc. · 505 U.S. 504 (1992)
• Medtronic, Inc. v. Lohr · 518 U.S. 470 (1996)
• Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance v. Knudson · 534 U.S. 204 (2002)
• Patterson v. Shumate · 504 U.S. 753 (1992)
• California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement v. Dillingham Construction, N. A. · 519 U.S. 316 (1997)
• Boggs v. Boggs · 520 U.S. 833 (1997)
• Conkright v. Frommert · 559 U.S. 506 (2010)
• Rush Prudential HMO, Inc. v. Moran · 536 U.S. 355 (2002)
• Kennedy v. Plan Administrator for DuPont Savings & Investment Plan · 555 U.S. 285 (2009)

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