New York Gaslight Club, Inc., et al. v. Carey

Decided June 9, 1980. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 79-192 · 447 U.S. 54 (1980) · Cited 536 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

“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.

• Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 434 U.S. 412 (1978)
• Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co. · 415 U.S. 36 (1974)
• Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc. · 390 U.S. 400 (1968)
• Love v. Pullman Co. · 404 U.S. 522 (1972)
• Hutto v. Finney · 437 U.S. 678 (1978)
• Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul · 373 U.S. 132 (1963)
• Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer · 427 U.S. 445 (1976)
• Oscar Mayer & Co. v. Evans · 441 U.S. 750 (1979)
• Florida v. United States · 282 U.S. 194 (1931)
• Schwartz v. Texas · 344 U.S. 199 (1952)

Cited by

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

• Webb v. County Board of Education · 471 U.S. 234 (1985)
• North Carolina Department of Transportation v. Crest Street Community Council, Inc. · 479 U.S. 6 (1986)
• Sullivan v. Hudson · 490 U.S. 877 (1989)
• Smith v. Robinson · 468 U.S. 992 (1984)
• Kremer v. Chemical Construction Corp. · 456 U.S. 461 (1982)
• Hensley v. Eckerhart · 461 U.S. 424 (1983)
• Shalala v. Schaefer · 509 U.S. 292 (1993)
• West v. Gibson · 527 U.S. 212 (1999)
• Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. · 463 U.S. 85 (1983)
• Commissioner, Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Jean · 496 U.S. 154 (1990)
• White v. New Hampshire Department of Employment Security · 455 U.S. 445 (1982)
• Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air · 483 U.S. 711 (1987)
• California Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Guerra · 479 U.S. 272 (1987)
• Evans v. Jeff D. Ex Rel. Johnson · 475 U.S. 717 (1986)

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