Lake Country Estates, Inc., et al. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency et al.

Decided March 5, 1979. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 77-1327 · 440 U.S. 391 (1979) · Cited 891 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• Tenney v. Brandhove · 341 U.S. 367 (1951)
• Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · 403 U.S. 388 (1971)
• Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle · 429 U.S. 274 (1977)
• Butz v. Economou · 438 U.S. 478 (1978)
• Conley v. Gibson · 355 U.S. 41 (1957)
• Scheuer v. Rhodes · 416 U.S. 232 (1974)
• Edelman v. Jordan · 415 U.S. 651 (1974)
• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs. · 436 U.S. 658 (1978)
• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke · 438 U.S. 265 (1978)
• Ford Motor Co. v. Department of Treasury · 323 U.S. 459 (1945)
• Rosado v. Wyman · 397 U.S. 397 (1970)
• Moor v. County of Alameda · 411 U.S. 693 (1973)
• King v. Smith · 392 U.S. 309 (1968)
• Doe v. McMillan · 412 U.S. 306 (1973)
• Petty v. Tennessee-Missouri Bridge Commission · 359 U.S. 275 (1959)
• Lincoln County v. Luning · 133 U.S. 529 (1890)
• Pacific States Box & Basket Co. v. White · 296 U.S. 176 (1935)
• United States v. Griffin · 303 U.S. 226 (1938)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Hess v. Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation · 513 U.S. 30 (1994)
• Bogan v. Scott-Harris · 523 U.S. 44 (1998)
• Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp. v. Feeney · 495 U.S. 299 (1990)
• Northern Ins. Co. of NY v. Chatham County · 547 U.S. 189 (2006)
• Owen v. City of Independence · 445 U.S. 622 (1980)
• Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · 523 U.S. 83 (1998)
• Spallone v. United States · 493 U.S. 265 (1990)
• United States v. Gillock · 445 U.S. 360 (1980)
• Harlow v. Fitzgerald · 457 U.S. 800 (1982)
• Bell v. Wolfish · 441 U.S. 520 (1979)
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · 465 U.S. 89 (1984)
• Davis v. Passman · 442 U.S. 228 (1979)
• Auer v. Robbins · 519 U.S. 452 (1997)
• Printz v. United States · 521 U.S. 898 (1997)
• Supreme Court of Virginia v. Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. · 446 U.S. 719 (1980)
• Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency · 535 U.S. 302 (2002)
• Suitum v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency · 520 U.S. 725 (1997)
• Hoover v. Ronwin · 466 U.S. 558 (1984)
• Ferri v. Ackerman · 444 U.S. 193 (1979)
• Izumi Seimitsu Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha v. U. S. Philips Corp. · 510 U.S. 27 (1993)

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