Herman & Maclean v. Huddleston et al.

Decided January 24, 1983. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 81-680 · 459 U.S. 375 (1983) · Cited 1,450 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

“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.

• Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder · 425 U.S. 185 (1976)
• Addington v. Texas · 441 U.S. 418 (1979)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. C. M. Joiner Leasing Corp. · 320 U.S. 344 (1943)
• Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores · 421 U.S. 723 (1975)
• Superintendent of Insurance of New York v. Bankers Life & Casualty Co. · 404 U.S. 6 (1971)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Capital Gains Research Bureau, Inc. · 375 U.S. 180 (1963)
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Curran · 456 U.S. 353 (1982)
• Steadman v. Securities & Exchange Commission · 450 U.S. 91 (1981)
• In Re WINSHIP · 397 U.S. 358 (1970)
• Santosky v. Kramer · 455 U.S. 745 (1982)
• TSC Industries, Inc. v. Northway, Inc. · 426 U.S. 438 (1976)
• Touche Ross & Co. v. Redington · 442 U.S. 560 (1979)
• Affiliated Ute Citizens of Utah v. United States · 406 U.S. 128 (1972)
• Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co. · 396 U.S. 375 (1970)
• Lorillard v. Pons · 434 U.S. 575 (1978)
• J. I. Case Co. v. Borak · 377 U.S. 426 (1964)
• Chiarella v. United States · 445 U.S. 222 (1980)
• Woodby v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 385 U.S. 276 (1966)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. National Securities, Inc. · 393 U.S. 453 (1969)
• Piper v. Chris-Craft Industries, Inc. · 430 U.S. 1 (1977)
• Silver v. New York Stock Exchange · 373 U.S. 341 (1963)
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Daniel · 439 U.S. 551 (1979)
• United States v. Naftalin · 441 U.S. 768 (1979)
• Michalic v. Cleveland Tankers, Inc. · 364 U.S. 325 (1960)
• Southern Development Co. v. Silva · 125 U.S. 247 (1888)
• Vance v. Terrazas · 444 U.S. 252 (1980)
• Nishikawa v. Dulles · 356 U.S. 129 (1958)
• United States v. Regan · 232 U.S. 37 (1914)
• Colorado Coal & Iron Co. v. United States · 123 U.S. 307 (1887)

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• Slack Technologies, LLC v. Pirani · 598 U.S. 759 (2023)
• Shearson/American Express Inc. v. McMahon · 482 U.S. 220 (1987)
• Central Bank of Denver, N. A. v. First Interstate Bank of Denver, N. A. · 511 U.S. 164 (1994)
• Tellabs, Inc. v. Makor Issues & Rights, Ltd. · 551 U.S. 308 (2007)
• Lorenzo v. SEC. & Exch. Comm'n · 587 U.S. 71 (2019)
• Grogan v. Garner · 498 U.S. 279 (1991)
• Basic Inc. v. Levinson · 485 U.S. 224 (1988)
• Lampf, Pleva, Lipkind, Prupis & Petigrow v. Gilbertson · 501 U.S. 350 (1991)
• Janus Capital Group, Inc. v. First Derivative Traders · 564 U.S. 135 (2011)
• Randall v. Loftsgaarden · 478 U.S. 647 (1986)
• Daily Income Fund, Inc. v. Fox · 464 U.S. 523 (1984)
• Musick, Peeler & Garrett v. Employers Ins. of Wausau · 508 U.S. 286 (1993)
• SEC v. Jarkesy · 603 U.S. 109 (2024)
• Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins · 490 U.S. 228 (1989)
• Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. v. Byrd · 470 U.S. 213 (1985)
• Custis v. United States · 511 U.S. 485 (1994)
• Gustafson v. Alloyd Co. · 513 U.S. 561 (1995)
• Bob Jones University v. United States · 461 U.S. 574 (1983)
• Jerman v. Carlisle, McNellie, Rini, Kramer & Ulrich, L.P.A. · 559 U.S. 573 (2010)
• General Motors Corp. v. Devex Corp. · 461 U.S. 648 (1983)
• Bateman Eichler, Hill Richards, Inc. v. Berner · 472 U.S. 299 (1985)
• Metropolitan Stevedore Co. v. Rambo · 521 U.S. 121 (1997)
• E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera · 604 U.S. 45 (2025)

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