Griffin v. Oceanic Contractors, Inc.

Decided June 30, 1982. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 81-614 · 458 U.S. 564 (1982) · Cited 1,579 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

“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.

• Collie v. Fergusson · 281 U.S. 52 (1930)
• Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc. · 447 U.S. 102 (1980)
• United States v. American Trucking Associations · 310 U.S. 534 (1940)
• Reiter v. Sonotone Corp. · 442 U.S. 330 (1979)
• Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill · 437 U.S. 153 (1978)
• Weinberger v. Romero-Barcelo · 456 U.S. 305 (1982)
• Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States · 143 U.S. 457 (1892)
• Crooks v. Harrelson · 282 U.S. 55 (1930)
• California v. Grace Brethren Church · 457 U.S. 393 (1982)
• Commissioner v. Brown · 380 U.S. 563 (1965)
• Armstrong Paint & Varnish Works v. Nu-Enamel Corp. · 305 U.S. 315 (1938)
• Harrison v. PPG Industries, Inc. · 446 U.S. 578 (1980)
• Isbrandtsen Co. v. Johnson · 343 U.S. 779 (1952)
• Helvering v. Hammel · 311 U.S. 504 (1941)
• Haggar Co. v. Helvering, Com'r of Internal Revenue · 308 U.S. 389 (1940)

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• Lawson v. FMR LLC · 571 U.S. 429 (2014)
• United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc. · 489 U.S. 235 (1989)
• Demarest v. Manspeaker · 498 U.S. 184 (1991)
• Amoco Production Co. v. Village of Gambell · 480 U.S. 531 (1987)
• United States National Bank v. Independent Insurance Agents of America, Inc. · 508 U.S. 439 (1993)
• Park 'N Fly, Inc. v. Dollar Park & Fly, Inc. · 469 U.S. 189 (1985)
• Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare v. Davenport · 495 U.S. 552 (1990)
• United States v. Locke · 471 U.S. 84 (1985)
• Garcia v. United States · 469 U.S. 70 (1984)
• Clinton v. City of New York · 524 U.S. 417 (1998)
• Hallstrom v. Tillamook County · 493 U.S. 20 (1989)
• Massachusetts v. Morash · 490 U.S. 107 (1989)
• Negonsott v. Samuels · 507 U.S. 99 (1993)
• Department of Revenue of Ore. v. ACF Industries, Inc. · 510 U.S. 332 (1994)
• Arizona v. San Carlos Apache Tribe of Ariz. · 463 U.S. 545 (1983)

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