Haig, Secretary of State v. Agee

Decided June 29, 1981. Warren Earl Burger delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 80-83 · 453 U.S. 280 (1981) · Cited 606 times

Holding

The 1926 Act authorizes the revocation of respondent's passport pursuant to the policy announced by the challenged regulation, such policy being "sufficiently substantial and consistent" to compel the conclusion that Congress has approved it; and the regulation is constitutional as applied.

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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.

• Kent v. Dulles · 357 U.S. 116 (1958)
• Zemel v. Rusk · 381 U.S. 1 (1965)
• Aptheker v. Secretary of State · 378 U.S. 500 (1964)
• United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. · 299 U.S. 304 (1936)
• Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. Olson · 283 U.S. 697 (1931)
• Cole v. Young · 351 U.S. 536 (1956)
• Snepp v. United States · 444 U.S. 507 (1980)
• Udall v. Tallman · 380 U.S. 1 (1965)
• Parker v. Levy · 417 U.S. 733 (1974)
• Lorillard v. Pons · 434 U.S. 575 (1978)
• Chicago & Southern Air Lines, Inc. v. Waterman Steamship Corp. · 333 U.S. 103 (1948)
• Harisiades v. Shaughnessy · 342 U.S. 580 (1952)
• Griffin v. Breckenridge · 403 U.S. 88 (1971)
• Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez · 372 U.S. 144 (1963)
• Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission · 395 U.S. 367 (1969)
• Gooding v. Wilson · 405 U.S. 518 (1972)
• New York Times Co. v. United States · 403 U.S. 713 (1971)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Bell Aerospace Co. · 416 U.S. 267 (1974)
• Twining v. New Jersey · 211 U.S. 78 (1908)
• Norwegian Nitrogen Products Co. v. United States · 288 U.S. 294 (1933)
• United States v. Guest · 383 U.S. 745 (1966)
• Lane v. Wilson · 307 U.S. 268 (1939)
• Edwards v. California · 314 U.S. 160 (1941)
• Universities Research Assn., Inc. v. Coutu · 450 U.S. 754 (1981)
• Erlenbaugh v. United States · 409 U.S. 239 (1972)
• Crandall v. Nevada · 73 U.S. 35 (1868)
• Williams v. Fears · 179 U.S. 270 (1900)
• Califano v. Torres · 435 U.S. 1 (1978)
• Califano v. Aznavorian · 439 U.S. 170 (1978)
• Allen v. Grand Central Aircraft Co. · 347 U.S. 535 (1954)

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• Zivotofsky v. Kerry · 576 U.S. 1 (2015)
• Hamdi v. Rumsfeld · 542 U.S. 507 (2004)
• Hamdan v. Rumsfeld · 548 U.S. 557 (2006)
• Zivotofsky Ex Rel. Zivotofsky v. Clinton · 566 U.S. 189 (2012)
• United States v. Rodgers · 461 U.S. 677 (1983)
• Regan v. Wald · 468 U.S. 222 (1984)
• Hernández v. Mesa · 589 U.S. 93 (2020)
• Monsalvo Velazquez v. Bondi · 604 U.S. 712 (2025)
• Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assn. of United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co. · 463 U.S. 29 (1983)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
• Egbert v. Boule · 596 U.S. 482 (2022)
• Johnson v. United States · 529 U.S. 694 (2000)
• Bob Jones University v. United States · 461 U.S. 574 (1983)
• Department of the Navy v. Egan · 484 U.S. 518 (1988)
• Jama v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · 543 U.S. 335 (2005)
• Guardians Assn. v. Civil Serv. Comm'n of New York City · 463 U.S. 582 (1983)
• Central Intelligence Agency v. Sims · 471 U.S. 159 (1985)
• Atkins v. Parker · 472 U.S. 115 (1985)
• American Ins. Assn. v. Garamendi · 539 U.S. 396 (2003)

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