Fullilove et al. v. Klutznick, Secretary of Commerce, et al.

Decided July 2, 1980. Warren Earl Burger delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 78-1007 · 448 U.S. 448 (1980) · Cited 821 times

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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.

• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke · 438 U.S. 265 (1978)
• Lau v. Nichols · 414 U.S. 563 (1974)
• Oregon v. Mitchell · 400 U.S. 112 (1970)
• United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburgh, Inc. v. Carey · 430 U.S. 144 (1977)
• Franks v. Bowman Transportation Co. · 424 U.S. 747 (1976)
• Katzenbach v. Morgan · 384 U.S. 641 (1966)
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · 431 U.S. 324 (1977)
• South Carolina v. Katzenbach · 383 U.S. 301 (1966)
• Hirabayashi v. United States · 320 U.S. 81 (1943)
• Hampton v. Mow Sun Wong · 426 U.S. 88 (1976)
• Bolling v. Sharpe · 347 U.S. 497 (1954)
• Plessy v. Ferguson · 163 U.S. 537 (1896)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
• Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody · 422 U.S. 405 (1975)
• Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education · 402 U.S. 1 (1971)
• Loving v. Virginia · 388 U.S. 1 (1967)
• DeFunis v. Odegaard · 416 U.S. 312 (1974)
• Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States · 379 U.S. 241 (1964)
• Korematsu v. United States · 323 U.S. 214 (1945)
• In Re Griffiths · 413 U.S. 717 (1973)
• Dayton Board of Education v. Brinkman · 433 U.S. 406 (1977)
• Kahn v. Shevin · 416 U.S. 351 (1974)
• North Carolina State Board of Education v. Swann · 402 U.S. 43 (1971)
• ANDERSON Et Al. v. MARTIN · 375 U.S. 399 (1964)
• Delaware Tribal Business Committee v. Weeks · 430 U.S. 73 (1977)
• McDaniel v. Barresi · 402 U.S. 39 (1971)
• Elrod v. Burns · 427 U.S. 347 (1976)
• Morton v. Mancari · 417 U.S. 535 (1974)
• Strauder v. West Virginia · 100 U.S. 303 (1880)

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• Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena · 515 U.S. 200 (1995)
• City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co. · 488 U.S. 469 (1989)
• Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 497 U.S. 547 (1990)
• Wygant v. Jackson Board of Education · 476 U.S. 267 (1986)
• Local 28 of the Sheet Metal Workers' International Ass'n v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 478 U.S. 421 (1986)
• Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 · 551 U.S. 701 (2007)
• United States v. Paradise · 480 U.S. 149 (1987)
• Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin · 570 U.S. 297 (2013)
• Grutter v. Bollinger · 539 U.S. 306 (2003)
• Bush v. Vera · 517 U.S. 952 (1996)
• United States v. Lopez · 514 U.S. 549 (1995)
• Morrison v. Olson · 487 U.S. 654 (1988)
• Shaw v. Reno · 509 U.S. 630 (1993)
• South Dakota v. Dole · 483 U.S. 203 (1987)
• Guardians Assn. v. Civil Serv. Comm'n of New York City · 463 U.S. 582 (1983)
• Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. · 458 U.S. 50 (1982)
• City of Boerne v. Flores · 521 U.S. 507 (1997)
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · 451 U.S. 1 (1981)
• United States v. Morrison · 529 U.S. 598 (2000)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. · 556 U.S. 502 (2009)
• New York v. United States · 505 U.S. 144 (1992)
• National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius · 567 U.S. 519 (2012)
• Bowsher v. Synar · 478 U.S. 714 (1986)
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Wyoming · 460 U.S. 226 (1983)
• Gratz v. Bollinger · 539 U.S. 244 (2003)
• Michael M. v. Superior Court of Sonoma County · 450 U.S. 464 (1981)
• Spallone v. United States · 493 U.S. 265 (1990)
• Missouri v. Jenkins · 515 U.S. 70 (1995)
• United Building & Constr. Trades Council of Camden Cty. v. Mayor and Council of Camden · 465 U.S. 208 (1984)
• Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority v. Citizens for the Abatement of Aircraft Noise, Inc. · 501 U.S. 252 (1991)

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