Marshall, Secretary of Labor, et al. v. Barlow'S, Inc.

Decided May 23, 1978. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 76-1143 · 436 U.S. 307 (1978) · Cited 1,428 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–3.

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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.

• Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San Francisco · 387 U.S. 523 (1967)
• United States v. Biswell · 406 U.S. 311 (1972)
• See v. City of Seattle · 387 U.S. 541 (1967)
• South Dakota v. Opperman · 428 U.S. 364 (1976)
• United States v. Martinez-Fuerte · 428 U.S. 543 (1976)
• Colonnade Catering Corp. v. United States · 397 U.S. 72 (1970)
• Terry v. Ohio · 392 U.S. 1 (1968)
• Cady v. Dombrowski · 413 U.S. 433 (1973)
• Almeida-Sanchez v. United States · 413 U.S. 266 (1973)
• G. M. Leasing Corp. v. United States · 429 U.S. 338 (1977)
• Katz v. United States · 389 U.S. 347 (1967)
• Coolidge v. New Hampshire · 403 U.S. 443 (1971)
• Adams v. Williams · 407 U.S. 143 (1972)
• Chambers v. Maroney · 399 U.S. 42 (1970)
• United States v. Chadwick · 433 U.S. 1 (1977)
• Republic Aviation Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 324 U.S. 793 (1945)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Babcock & Wilcox Co. · 351 U.S. 105 (1956)
• Air Pollution Variance Bd. of Colo. v. Western Alfalfa Corp. · 416 U.S. 861 (1974)

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• City of L. A. v. Patel · 576 U.S. 409 (2015)
• Donovan v. Dewey · 452 U.S. 594 (1981)
• Dow Chemical Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Administrator · 476 U.S. 227 (1986)
• New York v. Burger · 482 U.S. 691 (1987)
• Delaware v. Prouse · 440 U.S. 648 (1979)
• Michigan v. Clifford · 464 U.S. 287 (1984)
• Griffin v. Wisconsin · 483 U.S. 868 (1987)
• O'CONNOR v. Ortega · 480 U.S. 709 (1987)
• Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn. · 489 U.S. 602 (1989)
• New Jersey v. T. L. O. · 469 U.S. 325 (1985)
• Birchfield v. N. Dakota. William Robert Bernard · 579 U.S. 438 (2016)
• Ybarra v. Illinois · 444 U.S. 85 (1979)
• Oliver v. United States · 466 U.S. 170 (1984)
• Illinois v. Krull · 480 U.S. 340 (1987)
• United States v. Montoya De Hernandez · 473 U.S. 531 (1985)
• Dalia v. United States · 441 U.S. 238 (1979)
• Donovan v. Lone Steer, Inc. · 464 U.S. 408 (1984)
• United States v. Leon · 468 U.S. 897 (1984)
• Payton v. New York · 445 U.S. 573 (1980)
• United States v. Ross · 456 U.S. 798 (1982)
• Dunaway v. New York · 442 U.S. 200 (1979)
• Steagald v. United States · 451 U.S. 204 (1981)
• United States v. Dunn · 480 U.S. 294 (1987)
• Soldal v. Cook County · 506 U.S. 56 (1992)
• Browning-Ferris Industries of Vermont, Inc. v. Kelco Disposal, Inc. · 492 U.S. 257 (1989)
• Dolan v. City of Tigard · 512 U.S. 374 (1994)
• Lo-Ji Sales, Inc. v. New York · 442 U.S. 319 (1979)
• United States v. Villamonte-Marquez · 462 U.S. 579 (1983)
• Florida v. Riley · 488 U.S. 445 (1989)
• Torres v. Puerto Rico · 442 U.S. 465 (1979)

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