Lawrence County et al. v. Lead-Deadwood School District No. 40-1
Decided January 9, 1985. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 83-240 · 469 U.S. 256 (1985) · Cited 143 times
Holding
The state statute is invalid under the Supremacy Clause.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 7–2.
Majority · 7
- Byron Raymond White · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Harry Andrew Blackmun
- Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.
- Sandra Day O'Connor
- Thurgood Marshall
- Warren Earl Burger
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
Dissenting · 2
- John Paul Stevens
- William Hubbs Rehnquist · filed a dissenting opinion
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.
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.
- Blum v. Bacon · 457 U.S. 132 (1982)
- Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. · 463 U.S. 85 (1983)
- Hines v. Davidowitz · 312 U.S. 52 (1941)
- Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission · 395 U.S. 367 (1969)
- King v. Smith · 392 U.S. 309 (1968)
- Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corp. · 464 U.S. 238 (1984)
- Fedorenko v. United States · 449 U.S. 490 (1981)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- South Dakota v. Dole · 483 U.S. 203 (1987)
- Medtronic, Inc. v. Lohr · 518 U.S. 470 (1996)
- Staples v. United States · 511 U.S. 600 (1994)
- New York v. United States · 505 U.S. 144 (1992)
- National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius · 567 U.S. 519 (2012)
- Barnett Bank of Marion County, N. A. v. Nelson · 517 U.S. 25 (1996)
- City of Columbus v. Ours Garage & Wrecker Service, Inc. · 536 U.S. 424 (2002)
- Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority v. Citizens for the Abatement of Aircraft Noise, Inc. · 501 U.S. 252 (1991)
- Moyle v. United States · 603 U.S. 324 (2024)
Official text
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