McLain et al. v. Real Estate Board of New Orleans, Inc., et al.

Decided January 8, 1980. Warren Earl Burger delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 78-1501 · 444 U.S. 232 (1980) · Cited 480 times

Holding

The complaint should not have been dismissed at this stage of the proceedings.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

“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.

• Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar · 421 U.S. 773 (1975)
• Hospital Building Co. v. Trustees of Rex Hospital · 425 U.S. 738 (1976)
• Mandeville Island Farms, Inc. v. American Crystal Sugar Co. · 334 U.S. 219 (1948)
• Conley v. Gibson · 355 U.S. 41 (1957)
• United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 150 (1940)
• Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc. · 395 U.S. 100 (1969)
• United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · 438 U.S. 422 (1978)
• Wickard v. Filburn · 317 U.S. 111 (1942)
• Bigelow v. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. · 327 U.S. 251 (1946)
• United States v. Darby · 312 U.S. 100 (1941)
• American Tobacco Co. v. United States · 328 U.S. 781 (1946)
• United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Assn. · 322 U.S. 533 (1944)
• Atlantic Cleaners & Dyers, Inc. v. United States · 286 U.S. 427 (1932)
• Keogh v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. · 260 U.S. 156 (1922)
• Georgia v. Pennsylvania Railroad · 324 U.S. 439 (1945)
• Gulf Oil Corp. v. Copp Paving Co. · 419 U.S. 186 (1974)
• United States v. E. C. Knight Co. · 156 U.S. 1 (1895)
• United States v. National Ass'n of Real Estate Boards · 339 U.S. 485 (1950)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Bunte Bros. · 312 U.S. 349 (1941)
• United States v. Employing Plasterers Assn. of Chicago · 347 U.S. 186 (1954)
• United States v. Container Corporation of America · 393 U.S. 333 (1969)
• United States v. Women's Sportswear Manufacturers Ass'n · 336 U.S. 460 (1949)
• Hopkins v. United States · 171 U.S. 578 (1898)
• United States v. American Building Maintenance Industries · 422 U.S. 271 (1975)
• Burke v. Ford · 389 U.S. 320 (1967)

Cited by

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

• Summit Health, Ltd. v. Pinhas · 500 U.S. 322 (1991)
• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · 550 U.S. 544 (2007)
• Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill · 470 U.S. 532 (1985)
• Allied-Bruce Terminix Cos., Inc. v. Dobson · 513 U.S. 265 (1995)
• Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2 v. Hyde · 466 U.S. 2 (1984)
• Business Electronics Corp. v. Sharp Electronics Corp. · 485 U.S. 717 (1988)
• Hartford Fire Ins. Co. v. California · 509 U.S. 764 (1993)
• Square D Co. v. Niagara Frontier Tariff Bureau, Inc. · 476 U.S. 409 (1986)
• Hoover v. Ronwin · 466 U.S. 558 (1984)
• Russell v. United States · 471 U.S. 858 (1985)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1980). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).