Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Day et al.
Decided May 22, 1984. Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 82-1371 · 467 U.S. 104 (1984) · Cited 203 times
Holding
The District Court's injunction constituted an unwarranted judicial intrusion into the pervasively regulated area of claims adjudication under Title II.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 5
- Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Byron Raymond White
- Sandra Day O'Connor
- Warren Earl Burger
- William Hubbs Rehnquist
Dissenting · 4
- Harry Andrew Blackmun
- John Paul Stevens
- Thurgood Marshall · filed a dissenting opinion
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
“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.
- Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 435 U.S. 519 (1978)
- Heckler v. Campbell · 461 U.S. 458 (1983)
- Mathews v. Eldridge · 424 U.S. 319 (1976)
- Weinberger v. Salfi · 422 U.S. 749 (1975)
- Califano v. Yamasaki · 442 U.S. 682 (1979)
- Richardson v. Perales · 402 U.S. 389 (1971)
- Cannon v. University of Chicago · 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
- Lorillard v. Pons · 434 U.S. 575 (1978)
- Porter v. Warner Holding Co. · 328 U.S. 395 (1946)
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Curran · 456 U.S. 353 (1982)
- Batterton v. Francis · 432 U.S. 416 (1977)
- Schweiker v. Gray Panthers · 453 U.S. 34 (1981)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Bowen v. City of New York · 476 U.S. 467 (1986)
- Schweiker v. Chilicky · 487 U.S. 412 (1988)
- Sims v. Apfel · 530 U.S. 103 (2000)
- United States v. Boyle · 469 U.S. 241 (1985)
- Henderson v. Shinseki · 562 U.S. 428 (2011)
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