North Haven Board of Education et al. v. Bell, Secretary of Education, et al.

Decided May 17, 1982. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 80-986 · 456 U.S. 512 (1982) · Cited 553 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.

• Cannon v. University of Chicago · 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Bell Aerospace Co. · 416 U.S. 267 (1974)
• Schwegmann Bros. v. Calvert Distillers Corp. · 341 U.S. 384 (1951)
• Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · 401 U.S. 402 (1971)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Griffin v. Breckenridge · 403 U.S. 88 (1971)
• Udall v. Tallman · 380 U.S. 1 (1965)
• Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co. · 415 U.S. 36 (1974)
• Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc. · 421 U.S. 454 (1975)
• Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission · 395 U.S. 367 (1969)
• Lorillard v. Pons · 434 U.S. 575 (1978)
• Chrysler Corp. v. Brown · 441 U.S. 281 (1979)
• Southeastern Community College v. Davis · 442 U.S. 397 (1979)
• Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. · 392 U.S. 409 (1968)
• United States v. Price · 383 U.S. 787 (1966)
• Sibbach v. Wilson & Co. · 312 U.S. 1 (1941)
• Apex Hosiery Co. v. Leader · 310 U.S. 469 (1940)
• Kokoszka v. Belford · 417 U.S. 642 (1974)
• American Textile Manufacturers Institute, Inc. v. Donovan · 452 U.S. 490 (1981)
• International Union of Electrical, Radio & MacHine Workers v. Robbins & Myers, Inc. · 429 U.S. 229 (1976)
• Gulf Oil Corp. v. Copp Paving Co. · 419 U.S. 186 (1974)
• United States v. Rutherford · 442 U.S. 544 (1979)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Fruit & Vegetable Packers & Warehousemen, Local 760 · 377 U.S. 58 (1964)
• Andrus v. Glover Construction Co. · 446 U.S. 608 (1980)
• Greyhound Corp. v. Mt. Hood Stages, Inc. · 437 U.S. 322 (1978)
• Daniel v. Paul · 395 U.S. 298 (1969)
• Federal Energy Administration v. Algonquin SNG, Inc. · 426 U.S. 548 (1976)
• Piedmont & Northern Railway Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission · 286 U.S. 299 (1932)

Cited by

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

• Grove City College v. Bell · 465 U.S. 555 (1984)
• Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Darrone · 465 U.S. 624 (1984)
• Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District · 524 U.S. 274 (1998)
• Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education · 544 U.S. 167 (2005)
• McCleskey v. Zant · 499 U.S. 467 (1991)
• Russello v. United States · 464 U.S. 16 (1983)
• Barnhart v. Walton · 535 U.S. 212 (2002)
• Local 28 of the Sheet Metal Workers' International Ass'n v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 478 U.S. 421 (1986)
• Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation v. Environmental Protection Agency · 540 U.S. 461 (2004)
• Iron Arrow Honor Society v. Heckler · 464 U.S. 67 (1983)
• Rice v. Rehner · 463 U.S. 713 (1983)

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