Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha et al.

Decided June 23, 1983. Warren Earl Burger delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 80-1832 · 462 U.S. 919 (1983) · Cited 1,818 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer · 343 U.S. 579 (1952)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• Myers v. United States · 272 U.S. 52 (1926)
• J. W. Hampton, Jr., & Co. v. United States · 276 U.S. 394 (1928)
• Springer v. Government of Philippine Islands · 277 U.S. 189 (1928)
• Cheng Fan Kwok v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 392 U.S. 206 (1968)
• Bob Jones University v. United States · 461 U.S. 574 (1983)
• Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 297 U.S. 288 (1936)
• Sibbach v. Wilson & Co. · 312 U.S. 1 (1941)
• Batterton v. Francis · 432 U.S. 416 (1977)
• Champlin Rfg. Co. v. Corporation Commission of Oklahoma · 286 U.S. 210 (1932)
• Foti v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 375 U.S. 217 (1963)
• United States v. Nixon · 418 U.S. 683 (1974)
• Cohens v. Virginia · 19 U.S. 264 (1821)
• Yakus v. United States · 321 U.S. 414 (1944)
• United States v. Jackson · 390 U.S. 570 (1968)
• Nixon v. Administrator of General Services · 433 U.S. 425 (1977)
• Carter v. Carter Coal Co. · 298 U.S. 238 (1936)
• Humphrey's v. United States · 295 U.S. 602 (1935)
• Currin v. Wallace · 306 U.S. 1 (1939)
• Davis v. Wallace · 257 U.S. 478 (1922)
• Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder · 425 U.S. 185 (1976)
• Powell v. McCormack · 395 U.S. 486 (1969)
• Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc. · 447 U.S. 102 (1980)
• Smith v. Maryland · 442 U.S. 735 (1979)
• Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc. · 438 U.S. 59 (1978)
• Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill · 437 U.S. 153 (1978)
• Parker v. Levy · 417 U.S. 733 (1974)
• Fidelity Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. De La Cuesta · 458 U.S. 141 (1982)

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• Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority v. Citizens for the Abatement of Aircraft Noise, Inc. · 501 U.S. 252 (1991)
• Department of Transportation v. Association of American Railroads · 575 U.S. 43 (2015)
• Wyeth v. Levine · 555 U.S. 555 (2009)
• Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc. · 514 U.S. 211 (1995)
• Clinton v. City of New York · 524 U.S. 417 (1998)
• Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Comm'n · 576 U.S. 787 (2015)
• Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. Brock · 480 U.S. 678 (1987)
• Printz v. United States · 521 U.S. 898 (1997)
• Eldred v. Ashcroft · 537 U.S. 186 (2003)
• Financial Oversight and Management Bd. for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC · 590 U.S. 448 (2020)
• Mistretta v. United States · 488 U.S. 361 (1989)
• Public Citizen v. United States Department of Justice · 491 U.S. 440 (1989)
• Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. SW Gen., Inc. · 580 U.S. 288 (2017)
• United States v. Munoz-Flores · 495 U.S. 385 (1990)
• Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill · 587 U.S. 658 (2019)
• Kisor v. Wilkie · 588 U.S. 558 (2019)
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Schor · 478 U.S. 833 (1986)
• Nasrallah v. Barr · 590 U.S. 573 (2020)
• Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Assn. · 575 U.S. 92 (2015)
• Gundy v. United States · 588 U.S. 128 (2019)
• New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira · 586 U.S. 105 (2019)
• Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC · 576 U.S. 466 (2015)
• Gamble v. United States · 587 U.S. 678 (2019)
• Bank Markazi v. Peterson · 578 U.S. 212 (2016)
• TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez · 594 U.S. 413 (2021)
• Stern v. Marshall · 564 U.S. 462 (2011)
• Freytag v. Commissioner · 501 U.S. 868 (1991)
• New York v. United States · 505 U.S. 144 (1992)

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