North Carolina Department of Transportation et al. v. Crest Street Community Council, Inc., et al.
Decided November 4, 1986. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 85-767 · 479 U.S. 6 (1986) · Cited 169 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 6–3.
Majority · 6
- Sandra Day O'Connor · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Antonin Scalia
- Byron Raymond White
- John Paul Stevens
- Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.
- William Hubbs Rehnquist
Dissenting · 3
- Harry Andrew Blackmun
- Thurgood Marshall
- William Joseph Brennan Jr. · filed a dissenting opinion
“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.
- New York Gaslight Club, Inc. v. Carey · 447 U.S. 54 (1980)
- Webb v. County Board of Education · 471 U.S. 234 (1985)
- White v. New Hampshire Department of Employment Security · 455 U.S. 445 (1982)
- Hensley v. Eckerhart · 461 U.S. 424 (1983)
- Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness Society · 421 U.S. 240 (1975)
- Cannon v. University of Chicago · 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
- Russello v. United States · 464 U.S. 16 (1983)
- Regents of the University of California v. Bakke · 438 U.S. 265 (1978)
- Garcia v. United States · 469 U.S. 70 (1984)
- Guardians Assn. v. Civil Serv. Comm'n of New York City · 463 U.S. 582 (1983)
- United States v. Naftalin · 441 U.S. 768 (1979)
- Evers v. Dwyer · 358 U.S. 202 (1958)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Sullivan v. Hudson · 490 U.S. 877 (1989)
- Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Dept. of Health and Human Resources · 532 U.S. 598 (2001)
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