New York City Transit Authority et al. v. Beazer et al.

Decided March 21, 1979. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 77-1427 · 440 U.S. 568 (1979) · Cited 641 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.

• Griggs v. Duke Power Co. · 401 U.S. 424 (1971)
• Washington v. Davis · 426 U.S. 229 (1976)
• Dothard v. Rawlinson · 433 U.S. 321 (1977)
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · 431 U.S. 324 (1977)
• Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · 429 U.S. 252 (1977)
• Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody · 422 U.S. 405 (1975)
• Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. Murgia · 427 U.S. 307 (1976)
• Marshall v. United States · 414 U.S. 417 (1974)
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356 (1886)
• Dandridge v. Williams · 397 U.S. 471 (1970)
• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · 411 U.S. 1 (1973)
• Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 297 U.S. 288 (1936)
• Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. · 348 U.S. 483 (1955)
• Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 435 U.S. 519 (1978)
• Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer · 427 U.S. 445 (1976)
• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke · 438 U.S. 265 (1978)
• United Public Workers of America v. Mitchell · 330 U.S. 75 (1947)
• Mathews v. Diaz · 426 U.S. 67 (1976)
• National League of Cities v. Usery · 426 U.S. 833 (1976)
• United States Department of Agriculture v. Moreno · 413 U.S. 528 (1973)
• Katzenbach v. Morgan · 384 U.S. 641 (1966)
• Spector Motor Service, Inc. v. McLaughlin · 323 U.S. 101 (1944)
• Rescue Army v. Municipal Court of Los Angeles · 331 U.S. 549 (1947)
• Mathews v. Lucas · 427 U.S. 495 (1976)
• Truax v. Corrigan · 257 U.S. 312 (1921)
• Hampton v. Mow Sun Wong · 426 U.S. 88 (1976)
• Washington v. Confederated Bands & Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation · 439 U.S. 463 (1979)
• Louisville Gas & Electric Co. v. Coleman · 277 U.S. 32 (1928)
• Soon Hing v. Crowley · 113 U.S. 703 (1885)
• Quong Wing v. Kirkendall · 223 U.S. 59 (1912)

Cited by

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

• Connecticut v. Teal · 457 U.S. 440 (1982)
• Watson v. Fort Worth Bank & Trust · 487 U.S. 977 (1988)
• Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio · 490 U.S. 642 (1989)
• Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. · 449 U.S. 456 (1981)
• Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. Feeney · 442 U.S. 256 (1979)
• Jones v. Helms · 452 U.S. 412 (1981)
• Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · 523 U.S. 83 (1998)
• City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc. · 473 U.S. 432 (1985)
• County Court of Ulster Cty. v. Allen · 442 U.S. 140 (1979)
• Califano v. Yamasaki · 442 U.S. 682 (1979)
• Engquist v. Oregon Department of Agriculture · 553 U.S. 591 (2008)
• Romer v. Evans · 517 U.S. 620 (1996)
• Lehr v. Robertson · 463 U.S. 248 (1983)
• American Tobacco Co. v. Patterson · 456 U.S. 63 (1982)
• Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Transport Workers Union · 451 U.S. 77 (1981)
• Vieth v. Jubelirer · 541 U.S. 267 (2004)
• Parham v. Hughes · 441 U.S. 347 (1979)
• League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry · 548 U.S. 399 (2006)
• Mills v. Rogers · 457 U.S. 291 (1982)
• Vacco v. Quill · 521 U.S. 793 (1997)
• United States v. Clark · 445 U.S. 23 (1980)
• Ticor Title Insurance v. Brown · 511 U.S. 117 (1994)

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