General Building Contractors Association, Inc. v. Pennsylvania et al.

Decided June 29, 1982. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 81-280 · 458 U.S. 375 (1982) · Cited 1,067 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• Runyon v. McCrary · 427 U.S. 160 (1976)
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · 431 U.S. 324 (1977)
• Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. · 392 U.S. 409 (1968)
• Hills v. Gautreaux · 425 U.S. 284 (1976)
• Griggs v. Duke Power Co. · 401 U.S. 424 (1971)
• Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · 455 U.S. 385 (1982)
• McDonald v. Santa Fe Trail Transportation Co. · 427 U.S. 273 (1976)
• Milliken v. Bradley · 433 U.S. 267 (1977)
• United States v. New York Telephone Co. · 434 U.S. 159 (1977)
• City of Memphis v. Greene · 451 U.S. 100 (1981)
• Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · 429 U.S. 252 (1977)
• Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc. · 421 U.S. 454 (1975)
• Hurd v. Hodge · 334 U.S. 24 (1948)
• Tillman v. Wheaton-Haven Recreation Assn., Inc. · 410 U.S. 431 (1973)
• Rizzo v. Goode · 423 U.S. 362 (1976)
• Vaca v. Sipes · 386 U.S. 171 (1967)
• Washington v. Davis · 426 U.S. 229 (1976)
• Griffin v. Breckenridge · 403 U.S. 88 (1971)
• Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters · 438 U.S. 567 (1978)
• Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. Feeney · 442 U.S. 256 (1979)
• Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education · 402 U.S. 1 (1971)
• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke · 438 U.S. 265 (1978)
• United States v. Price · 383 U.S. 787 (1966)
• Civil Rights Cases · 109 U.S. 3 (1883)
• Georgia v. Rachel · 384 U.S. 780 (1966)
• Sullivan v. Little Hunting Park, Inc. · 396 U.S. 229 (1969)
• Milliken v. Bradley · 418 U.S. 717 (1974)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Insurance Agents' International Union · 361 U.S. 477 (1960)
• Logue v. United States · 412 U.S. 521 (1973)
• Lane v. Wilson · 307 U.S. 268 (1939)

Cited by

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• Patterson v. McLean Credit Union · 491 U.S. 164 (1989)
• Comcast Corp. v. National Assn. of African-American Owned Media · 589 U.S. 327 (2020)
• Jett v. Dallas Independent School District · 491 U.S. 701 (1989)
• Goodman v. Lukens Steel Co. · 482 U.S. 656 (1987)
• Town of Chester v. Laroe Estates, Inc. · 581 U.S. 433 (2017)
• McDonald v. City of Chicago · 561 U.S. 742 (2010)
• Meyer v. Holley · 537 U.S. 280 (2003)
• CBOCS West, Inc. v. Humphries · 553 U.S. 442 (2008)
• Grutter v. Bollinger · 539 U.S. 306 (2003)
• Domino's Pizza, Inc. v. McDonald · 546 U.S. 470 (2006)
• Guardians Assn. v. Civil Serv. Comm'n of New York City · 463 U.S. 582 (1983)
• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms v. Federal Labor Relations Authority · 464 U.S. 89 (1983)
• Firefighters Local Union No. 1784 v. Stotts · 467 U.S. 561 (1984)
• Gratz v. Bollinger · 539 U.S. 244 (2003)
• Metropolitan Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 460 U.S. 693 (1983)
• Independent Federation of Flight Attendants v. Zipes · 491 U.S. 754 (1989)
• Howard Delivery Service, Inc. v. Zurich American Insurance · 547 U.S. 651 (2006)
• Trump v. Anderson · 601 U.S. 100 (2024)

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