Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Sandra Everhart et al.

Decided February 21, 1990. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 88-1323 · 494 U.S. 83 (1990) · Cited 213 times

Holding

The netting regulations are facially valid.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• Califano v. Yamasaki · 442 U.S. 682 (1979)
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• Mathews v. Eldridge · 424 U.S. 319 (1976)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca · 480 U.S. 421 (1987)
• K Mart Corp. v. Cartier, Inc. · 486 U.S. 281 (1988)
• Colautti v. Franklin · 439 U.S. 379 (1979)
• Batterton v. Francis · 432 U.S. 416 (1977)
• Schweiker v. Gray Panthers · 453 U.S. 34 (1981)
• National Labor Relations Board v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 23 · 484 U.S. 112 (1987)
• Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio v. Betts · 492 U.S. 158 (1989)
• United States v. Sperry Corp. · 493 U.S. 52 (1989)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Schreiber · 381 U.S. 279 (1965)
• Mead Corp. v. Tilley · 490 U.S. 714 (1989)

Cited by

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

• Alexander v. Sandoval · 532 U.S. 275 (2001)
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. LTV Corp. · 496 U.S. 633 (1990)
• Sullivan v. Stroop · 496 U.S. 478 (1990)
• National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Boston & Maine Corp. · 503 U.S. 407 (1992)
• Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White · 548 U.S. 53 (2006)
• United States v. Mead Corp. · 533 U.S. 218 (2001)
• Reno v. Koray · 515 U.S. 50 (1995)
• Board of Ed. of Westside Community Schools (Dist. 66) v. Mergens · 496 U.S. 226 (1990)
• Regions Hospital v. Shalala · 522 U.S. 448 (1998)

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