International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, et al. v. Brock, Secretary of Labor

Decided June 25, 1986. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 84-1777 · 477 U.S. 274 (1986) · Cited 487 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• Warth v. Seldin · 422 U.S. 490 (1975)
• Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission · 432 U.S. 333 (1977)
• Green v. Mansour · 474 U.S. 64 (1985)
• Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · 431 U.S. 471 (1977)
• California Department of Human Resources Development v. Java · 402 U.S. 121 (1971)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• Fusari v. Steinberg · 419 U.S. 379 (1975)
• Singleton v. Wulff · 428 U.S. 106 (1976)
• Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization · 426 U.S. 26 (1976)
• Sierra Club v. Morton · 405 U.S. 727 (1972)
• Bowen v. City of New York · 476 U.S. 467 (1986)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath · 341 U.S. 123 (1951)
• Vasquez v. Hillery · 474 U.S. 254 (1986)
• Bowen v. Michigan Academy of Family Physicians · 476 U.S. 667 (1986)
• Schweiker v. Gray Panthers · 453 U.S. 34 (1981)

Cited by

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• United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 751 v. Brown Group, Inc. · 517 U.S. 544 (1996)
• Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation · 497 U.S. 871 (1990)
• New York State Club Assn., Inc. v. City of New York · 487 U.S. 1 (1988)
• FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine · 602 U.S. 367 (2024)
• Bowsher v. Synar · 478 U.S. 714 (1986)
• Pennell v. City of San Jose · 485 U.S. 1 (1988)

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