Interstate Commerce Commission v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers et al.

Decided June 8, 1987. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 85-792 · 482 U.S. 270 (1987) · Cited 453 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.

• Califano v. Sanders · 430 U.S. 99 (1977)
• Heckler v. Chaney · 470 U.S. 821 (1985)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp. · 332 U.S. 194 (1947)
• United States v. Pierce Auto Freight Lines, Inc. · 327 U.S. 515 (1946)
• Bowman Transportation, Inc. v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc. · 419 U.S. 281 (1974)
• McLean Trucking Co. v. United States · 321 U.S. 67 (1944)
• Civil Aeronautics Board v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. · 367 U.S. 316 (1961)
• Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United States · 284 U.S. 248 (1932)
• Burlington Truck Lines, Inc. v. United States · 371 U.S. 156 (1962)
• Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 435 U.S. 519 (1978)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Bagamasbad · 429 U.S. 24 (1976)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Jong Ha Wang · 450 U.S. 139 (1981)
• St. Joseph Stock Yards Co. v. United States · 298 U.S. 38 (1936)
• American Farm Lines v. Black Ball Freight Service · 397 U.S. 532 (1970)
• Federal Power Commission v. Texaco Inc. · 417 U.S. 380 (1974)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Rios-Pineda · 471 U.S. 444 (1985)
• Giova v. Rosenberg · 379 U.S. 18 (1964)
• Schwabacher v. United States · 334 U.S. 182 (1948)

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• Stone v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 514 U.S. 386 (1995)
• Department of Commerce v. New York · 588 U.S. 752 (2019)
• Smith v. Berryhill · 587 U.S. 471 (2019)
• Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. American Train Dispatchers' Ass'n · 499 U.S. 117 (1991)
• Your Home Visiting Nurse Services, Inc. v. Shalala · 525 U.S. 449 (1999)
• Weyerhaeuser Co. v. United States Fish and Wildlife Serv. · 586 U.S. 9 (2018)
• Salinas v. Railroad Retirement Bd. · 592 U.S. 188 (2021)
• Riley v. Bondi · 606 U.S. 259 (2025)
• Webster v. Doe · 486 U.S. 592 (1988)
• Darby v. Cisneros · 509 U.S. 137 (1993)
• Lincoln v. Vigil · 508 U.S. 182 (1993)
• United States Department of Energy v. Ohio · 503 U.S. 607 (1992)
• United States v. Texas · 599 U.S. 670 (2023)

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