Johnson, Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, et al. v. Robison

Decided March 4, 1974. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 72-1297 · 415 U.S. 361 (1974) · Cited 1,113 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

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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.

• Gillette v. United States · 401 U.S. 437 (1971)
• Sherbert v. Verner · 374 U.S. 398 (1963)
• Braunfeld v. Brown · 366 U.S. 599 (1961)
• Girouard v. United States · 328 U.S. 61 (1946)
• Wisconsin v. Yoder · 406 U.S. 205 (1972)
• Frontiero v. Richardson · 411 U.S. 677 (1973)
• Richardson v. Belcher · 404 U.S. 78 (1971)
• United States v. MacIntosh · 283 U.S. 605 (1931)
• Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · 387 U.S. 136 (1967)
• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · 411 U.S. 1 (1973)
• Udall v. Tallman · 380 U.S. 1 (1965)
• Shapiro v. Thompson · 394 U.S. 618 (1969)
• Bolling v. Sharpe · 347 U.S. 497 (1954)
• Reed v. Reed · 404 U.S. 71 (1971)
• F. S. Royster Guano Co. v. Virginia · 253 U.S. 412 (1920)
• Murdock v. Pennsylvania · 319 U.S. 105 (1943)
• United States Department of Agriculture v. Moreno · 413 U.S. 528 (1973)
• United States v. Thirty-Seven (37) Photographs · 402 U.S. 363 (1971)
• McGinnis v. Royster · 410 U.S. 263 (1973)
• Oestereich v. Selective Service System Local Board No. 11 · 393 U.S. 233 (1968)
• St. Joseph Stock Yards Co. v. United States · 298 U.S. 38 (1936)
• Public Util. Comm'n of Cal. v. United States · 355 U.S. 534 (1958)
• Schneider v. Rusk · 377 U.S. 163 (1964)
• Fowler v. Rhode Island · 345 U.S. 67 (1953)
• United States v. Schwimmer · 279 U.S. 644 (1929)
• Follett v. Town of McCormick · 321 U.S. 573 (1944)

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• Webster v. Doe · 486 U.S. 592 (1988)
• United States Railroad Retirement Board v. Fritz · 449 U.S. 166 (1980)
• Traynor v. Turnage · 485 U.S. 535 (1988)
• Shalala v. Illinois Council on Long Term Care, Inc. · 529 U.S. 1 (2000)
• Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee · 579 U.S. 261 (2016)
• Rose v. Rose · 481 U.S. 619 (1987)
• Regan v. Taxation With Representation of Washington · 461 U.S. 540 (1983)
• Thunder Basin Coal Co. v. Reich · 510 U.S. 200 (1994)
• Walters v. National Assn. of Radiation Survivors · 473 U.S. 305 (1985)
• Kassel v. Consolidated Freightways Corp. of Del. · 450 U.S. 662 (1981)
• Hooper v. Bernalillo County Assessor · 472 U.S. 612 (1985)
• Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Institution at Walpole v. Hill · 472 U.S. 445 (1985)
• Califano v. Sanders · 430 U.S. 99 (1977)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr · 533 U.S. 289 (2001)
• Heckler v. Chaney · 470 U.S. 821 (1985)
• Sosna v. Iowa · 419 U.S. 393 (1975)
• Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah · 508 U.S. 520 (1993)
• Heckler v. Ringer · 466 U.S. 602 (1984)
• Henderson v. Shinseki · 562 U.S. 428 (2011)
• Demore v. Kim · 538 U.S. 510 (2003)
• Thomas v. Union Carbide Agricultural Products Co. · 473 U.S. 568 (1985)
• Park 'N Fly, Inc. v. Dollar Park & Fly, Inc. · 469 U.S. 189 (1985)
• Bowen v. Michigan Academy of Family Physicians · 476 U.S. 667 (1986)
• United States v. Locke · 471 U.S. 84 (1985)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation · 438 U.S. 726 (1978)
• Schweiker v. Wilson · 450 U.S. 221 (1981)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Catholic Bishop · 440 U.S. 490 (1979)
• Stenberg v. Carhart · 530 U.S. 914 (2000)
• Elgin v. Department of the Treasury · 567 U.S. 1 (2012)

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