Hodel, Acting Secretary of the Interior, et al. v. Indiana et al.

Decided June 15, 1981. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 80-231 · 452 U.S. 314 (1981) · Cited 435 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Katzenbach v. McClung · 379 U.S. 294 (1964)
• Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc. · 438 U.S. 59 (1978)
• Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co. · 428 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Wickard v. Filburn · 317 U.S. 111 (1942)
• United States v. Darby · 312 U.S. 100 (1941)
• National League of Cities v. Usery · 426 U.S. 833 (1976)
• Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States · 379 U.S. 241 (1964)
• Perez v. United States · 402 U.S. 146 (1971)
• City of New Orleans v. Dukes · 427 U.S. 297 (1976)
• Vance v. Bradley · 440 U.S. 93 (1979)
• United States Railroad Retirement Board v. Fritz · 449 U.S. 166 (1980)
• Ferguson v. Skrupa · 372 U.S. 726 (1963)
• Schweiker v. Wilson · 450 U.S. 221 (1981)
• Hampton v. Mow Sun Wong · 426 U.S. 88 (1976)
• Stafford v. Wallace · 258 U.S. 495 (1922)
• Currin v. Wallace · 306 U.S. 1 (1939)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Fainblatt · 306 U.S. 601 (1939)
• Polish National Alliance of the United States v. National Labor Relations Board · 322 U.S. 643 (1944)
• Secretary of Agriculture v. Central Roig Refining Co. · 338 U.S. 604 (1950)

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• National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius · 567 U.S. 519 (2012)
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Mississippi · 456 U.S. 742 (1982)
• Kadrmas v. Dickinson Public Schools · 487 U.S. 450 (1988)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Beach Communications, Inc. · 508 U.S. 307 (1993)
• Heller v. Doe Ex Rel. Doe · 509 U.S. 312 (1993)
• United States v. Morrison · 529 U.S. 598 (2000)
• Preseault v. Interstate Commerce Commission · 494 U.S. 1 (1990)
• Pennell v. City of San Jose · 485 U.S. 1 (1988)
• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Ward · 470 U.S. 869 (1985)
• Pierce County v. Guillen · 537 U.S. 129 (2003)
• Railway Labor Executives' Assn. v. Gibbons · 455 U.S. 457 (1982)

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