Goodman et al. v. Lukens Steel Co. et al.

Decided June 19, 1987. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 85-1626 · 482 U.S. 656 (1987) · Cited 786 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.

• Wilson v. Garcia · 471 U.S. 261 (1985)
• Runyon v. McCrary · 427 U.S. 160 (1976)
• Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. Feeney · 442 U.S. 256 (1979)
• Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc. · 421 U.S. 454 (1975)
• General Building Contractors Assn., Inc. v. Pennsylvania · 458 U.S. 375 (1982)
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · 431 U.S. 324 (1977)
• Vaca v. Sipes · 386 U.S. 171 (1967)
• McDonald v. Santa Fe Trail Transportation Co. · 427 U.S. 273 (1976)
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. Foust · 442 U.S. 42 (1979)
• Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · 470 U.S. 564 (1985)
• Stovall v. Denno · 388 U.S. 293 (1967)
• Monroe v. Pape · 365 U.S. 167 (1961)
• Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · 429 U.S. 252 (1977)
• Griggs v. Duke Power Co. · 401 U.S. 424 (1971)
• Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co. · 415 U.S. 36 (1974)
• Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson · 404 U.S. 97 (1971)
• Pullman-Standard v. Swint · 456 U.S. 273 (1982)
• Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters · 438 U.S. 567 (1978)
• Kelly v. Robinson · 479 U.S. 36 (1986)
• Curtis v. Loether · 415 U.S. 189 (1974)
• Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. · 392 U.S. 409 (1968)
• Thorpe v. Housing Authority of Durham · 393 U.S. 268 (1969)
• Ford Motor Co. v. Huffman · 345 U.S. 330 (1953)
• Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hardison · 432 U.S. 63 (1977)
• Ford Motor Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 458 U.S. 219 (1982)
• District of Columbia v. Carter · 409 U.S. 418 (1973)
• United States v. Ceccolini · 435 U.S. 268 (1978)
• Gulf Offshore Co. v. Mobil Oil Corp. · 453 U.S. 473 (1981)
• Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Products Co. · 336 U.S. 271 (1949)
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. National Labor Relations Board · 341 U.S. 694 (1951)

Cited by

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• Jones v. R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co. · 541 U.S. 369 (2004)
• Patterson v. McLean Credit Union · 491 U.S. 164 (1989)
• United States v. Burke · 504 U.S. 229 (1992)
• American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Smith · 496 U.S. 167 (1990)
• Pioneer Investment Services Co. v. Brunswick Associates Ltd. Partnership · 507 U.S. 380 (1993)
• Landgraf v. USI Film Products · 511 U.S. 244 (1994)
• Jett v. Dallas Independent School District · 491 U.S. 701 (1989)
• Agency Holding Corp. v. Malley-Duff & Associates, Inc. · 483 U.S. 143 (1987)
• Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. v. Bonjorno · 494 U.S. 827 (1990)
• Commissioner v. Schleier · 515 U.S. 323 (1995)
• Domino's Pizza, Inc. v. McDonald · 546 U.S. 470 (2006)
• 14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett · 556 U.S. 247 (2009)
• Reed v. United Transportation Union · 488 U.S. 319 (1989)
• Exxon Co., USA v. Sofec, Inc. · 517 U.S. 830 (1996)

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