Great American Federal Savings & Loan Association et al. v. Novotny

Decided June 11, 1979. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 78-753 · 442 U.S. 366 (1979) · Cited 1,006 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.

• Griffin v. Breckenridge · 403 U.S. 88 (1971)
• Brown v. General Services Administration · 425 U.S. 820 (1976)
• Chapman v. Houston Welfare Rights Organization · 441 U.S. 600 (1979)
• Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc. · 421 U.S. 454 (1975)
• Runyon v. McCrary · 427 U.S. 160 (1976)
• Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co. · 415 U.S. 36 (1974)
• Collins v. Hardyman · 341 U.S. 651 (1951)
• Monroe v. Pape · 365 U.S. 167 (1961)
• Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. · 392 U.S. 409 (1968)
• Sullivan v. Little Hunting Park, Inc. · 396 U.S. 229 (1969)
• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs. · 436 U.S. 658 (1978)
• Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · 398 U.S. 144 (1970)
• Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody · 422 U.S. 405 (1975)
• Shelley v. Kraemer · 334 U.S. 1 (1948)
• Rosado v. Wyman · 397 U.S. 397 (1970)
• Twining v. New Jersey · 211 U.S. 78 (1908)
• United States v. Harris · 106 U.S. 629 (1883)
• United States v. Waddell · 112 U.S. 76 (1884)
• Edelman v. Jordan · 415 U.S. 651 (1974)
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356 (1886)
• Griggs v. Duke Power Co. · 401 U.S. 424 (1971)
• Pinkerton v. United States · 328 U.S. 640 (1946)
• Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 434 U.S. 412 (1978)
• Hagans v. Lavine · 415 U.S. 528 (1974)
• Haguer v. Committee for Industrial Organization · 307 U.S. 496 (1939)
• Reed v. Reed · 404 U.S. 71 (1971)
• Snowden v. Hughes · 321 U.S. 1 (1944)
• United Air Lines, Inc. v. Evans · 431 U.S. 553 (1977)
• Krulewitch v. United States · 336 U.S. 440 (1949)
• United States v. Price · 383 U.S. 787 (1966)

Cited by

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• Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic · 506 U.S. 263 (1993)
• Ziglar v. Abbasi · 582 U.S. 120 (2017)
• United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, Local 610 v. Scott · 463 U.S. 825 (1983)
• City of Rancho Palos Verdes v. Abrams · 544 U.S. 113 (2005)
• Maine v. Thiboutot · 448 U.S. 1 (1980)
• Copperweld Corp. v. Independence Tube Corp. · 467 U.S. 752 (1984)
• Block v. North Dakota Ex Rel. Board of University & School Lands · 461 U.S. 273 (1983)
• Lehman v. Nakshian · 453 U.S. 156 (1981)
• CBOCS West, Inc. v. Humphries · 553 U.S. 442 (2008)
• Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education · 544 U.S. 167 (2005)
• United States v. Burke · 504 U.S. 229 (1992)
• Rush Prudential HMO, Inc. v. Moran · 536 U.S. 355 (2002)
• Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion Cty. v. Talevski · 599 U.S. 166 (2023)

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