Industrial Union Department, Afl-Cio v. American Petroleum Institute et al.

Decided July 2, 1980. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 78-911 · 448 U.S. 607 (1980) · Cited 396 times

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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.

• Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 435 U.S. 519 (1978)
• A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States · 295 U.S. 495 (1935)
• Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan · 293 U.S. 388 (1935)
• United States v. Mazurie · 419 U.S. 544 (1975)
• J. W. Hampton, Jr., & Co. v. United States · 276 U.S. 394 (1928)
• Whirlpool Corp. v. Marshall · 445 U.S. 1 (1980)
• Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · 401 U.S. 402 (1971)
• Consolo v. Federal Maritime Commission · 383 U.S. 607 (1966)
• Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill · 437 U.S. 153 (1978)
• Lochner v. New York · 198 U.S. 45 (1905)
• United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. · 299 U.S. 304 (1936)
• American Power & Light Co. v. Securities & Exchange Commission · 329 U.S. 90 (1946)
• Federal Power Commission v. Texaco Inc. · 417 U.S. 380 (1974)
• Arizona v. California · 373 U.S. 546 (1963)
• Richardson v. Perales · 402 U.S. 389 (1971)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp. · 318 U.S. 80 (1943)
• Kleppe v. Sierra Club · 427 U.S. 390 (1976)
• Thorpe v. Housing Authority of Durham · 393 U.S. 268 (1969)
• Permian Basin Area Rate Cases · 390 U.S. 747 (1968)
• Mourning v. Family Publications Service, Inc. · 411 U.S. 356 (1973)
• United States v. Carolene Products Co. · 304 U.S. 144 (1938)
• United States v. Robel · 389 U.S. 258 (1967)
• Dunlop v. Bachowski · 421 U.S. 560 (1975)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Sperry & Hutchinson Co. · 405 U.S. 233 (1972)
• Lichter v. United States · 334 U.S. 742 (1948)
• Atlas Roofing Co. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Comm'n · 430 U.S. 442 (1977)
• Federal Communications Commission v. National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting · 436 U.S. 775 (1978)
• Federal Power Commission v. Florida Power & Light Co. · 404 U.S. 453 (1972)
• Clark v. Uebersee Finanz-Korp., AG · 332 U.S. 480 (1947)

Cited by

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• American Textile Manufacturers Institute, Inc. v. Donovan · 452 U.S. 490 (1981)
• FCC v. Consumers' Research · 606 U.S. 656 (2025)
• Department of Transportation v. Association of American Railroads · 575 U.S. 43 (2015)
• Whitman v. American Trucking Assns., Inc. · 531 U.S. 457 (2001)
• Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 462 U.S. 87 (1983)
• Gundy v. United States · 588 U.S. 128 (2019)
• Weiss v. United States · 510 U.S. 163 (1994)
• Michigan v. Envtl. Prot. Agency · 576 U.S. 743 (2015)
• West Virginia v. EPA · 597 U.S. 697 (2022)
• Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assn. of United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co. · 463 U.S. 29 (1983)
• Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City · 473 U.S. 172 (1985)
• Mistretta v. United States · 488 U.S. 361 (1989)
• National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius · 567 U.S. 519 (2012)
• International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement v. Johnson Controls, Inc. · 499 U.S. 187 (1991)
• Bowen v. American Hospital Assn. · 476 U.S. 610 (1986)
• Biden v. Nebraska · 600 U.S. 477 (2023)
• NFIB v. OSHA · 595 U.S. 109 (2022)

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