Havens Realty Corp. et al. v. Coleman et al.

Decided February 24, 1982. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 80-988 · 455 U.S. 363 (1982) · Cited 1,974 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• Gladstone, Realtors v. Village of Bellwood · 441 U.S. 91 (1979)
• Warth v. Seldin · 422 U.S. 490 (1975)
• Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · 429 U.S. 252 (1977)
• Trafficante v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 409 U.S. 205 (1972)
• Sierra Club v. Morton · 405 U.S. 727 (1972)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · 454 U.S. 464 (1982)
• Pierson v. Ray · 386 U.S. 547 (1967)
• Powell v. McCormack · 395 U.S. 486 (1969)
• Aetna Life Insurance v. Haworth · 300 U.S. 227 (1937)
• Linda R. S. v. Richard D. · 410 U.S. 614 (1973)
• Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc. · 438 U.S. 59 (1978)
• United States v. Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures (SCRAP) · 412 U.S. 669 (1973)
• Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. · 392 U.S. 409 (1968)
• United States v. Concentrated Phosphate Export Assn., Inc. · 393 U.S. 199 (1968)
• Chase Securities Corp. v. Donaldson · 325 U.S. 304 (1945)
• Bond v. Floyd · 385 U.S. 116 (1966)
• Evers v. Dwyer · 358 U.S. 202 (1958)

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• FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine · 602 U.S. 367 (2024)
• Allen v. Wright · 468 U.S. 737 (1984)
• Nixon v. Fitzgerald · 457 U.S. 731 (1982)
• Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. · 572 U.S. 663 (2014)
• Thole v. U. S. Bank N. A. · 590 U.S. 538 (2020)
• TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez · 594 U.S. 413 (2021)
• Alfred L. Snapp & Son, Inc. v. Puerto Rico Ex Rel. Barez · 458 U.S. 592 (1982)
• Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer · 601 U.S. 1 (2023)
• Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · 523 U.S. 83 (1998)
• Gwaltney of Smithfield, Ltd. v. Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc. · 484 U.S. 49 (1987)
• Federal Election Commission v. Akins · 524 U.S. 11 (1998)
• Heckler v. Mathews · 465 U.S. 728 (1984)
• Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1 · 458 U.S. 457 (1982)
• Lorance v. At&t Technologies, Inc. · 490 U.S. 900 (1989)
• Federal Election Comm'n v. Ted Cruz · 596 U.S. 289 (2022)

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