Hodel, Secretary of the Interior v. Irving et al.

Decided May 18, 1987. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 85-637 · 481 U.S. 704 (1987) · Cited 241 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.

• Texaco, Inc. v. Short · 454 U.S. 516 (1982)
• Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · 438 U.S. 104 (1978)
• Andrus v. Allard · 444 U.S. 51 (1979)
• Atkins v. Parker · 472 U.S. 115 (1985)
• Wilson v. Iseminger · 185 U.S. 55 (1902)
• New York v. Ferber · 458 U.S. 747 (1982)
• Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon · 260 U.S. 393 (1922)
• Keystone Bituminous Coal Assn. v. DeBenedictis · 480 U.S. 470 (1987)
• Kaiser Aetna v. United States · 444 U.S. 164 (1979)
• United States v. Raines · 362 U.S. 17 (1960)
• United States v. Locke · 471 U.S. 84 (1985)
• Welch v. Henry · 305 U.S. 134 (1938)
• Solem v. Bartlett · 465 U.S. 463 (1984)
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma · 413 U.S. 601 (1973)
• Singleton v. Wulff · 428 U.S. 106 (1976)
• Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent · 466 U.S. 789 (1984)
• Morton v. Mancari · 417 U.S. 535 (1974)
• Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp. · 458 U.S. 419 (1982)
• Ruckelshaus v. Monsanto Co. · 467 U.S. 986 (1984)
• Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Assn., Inc. · 452 U.S. 264 (1981)
• Agins v. City of Tiburon · 447 U.S. 255 (1980)
• Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co. · 428 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Goldblatt v. Town of Hempstead · 369 U.S. 590 (1962)
• United States v. Perkins · 163 U.S. 625 (1896)
• Tyler v. Judges of the Court of Registration · 179 U.S. 405 (1900)
• Irving Trust Co. v. Day · 314 U.S. 556 (1942)
• Delaware Tribal Business Committee v. Weeks · 430 U.S. 73 (1977)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel · 524 U.S. 498 (1998)
• Miller v. Albright · 523 U.S. 420 (1998)
• Sessions v. Morales-Santana · 582 U.S. 47 (2017)
• Horne v. Department of Agriculture · 576 U.S. 351 (2015)
• Phillips v. Washington Legal Foundation · 524 U.S. 156 (1998)
• Rice v. Cayetano · 528 U.S. 495 (2000)
• First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. County of Los Angeles · 482 U.S. 304 (1987)
• Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. v. Bonjorno · 494 U.S. 827 (1990)
• Dolan v. City of Tigard · 512 U.S. 374 (1994)
• Palazzolo v. Rhode Island · 533 U.S. 606 (2001)
• Boggs v. Boggs · 520 U.S. 833 (1997)
• Nevada v. Hicks · 533 U.S. 353 (2001)
• Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid · 594 U.S. 139 (2021)
• County of Yakima v. Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation · 502 U.S. 251 (1992)

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