North Star Steel Company v. Charles a. Thomas et al.

Decided May 30, 1995. David Hackett Souter delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 94-834 · 515 U.S. 29 (1995) · Cited 245 times

Holding

State law is the proper source of the limitations period for civil actions brought to enforce WARN.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.

How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• DelCostello v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters · 462 U.S. 151 (1983)
• Agency Holding Corp. v. Malley-Duff & Associates, Inc. · 483 U.S. 143 (1987)
• Reed v. United Transportation Union · 488 U.S. 319 (1989)
• Wilson v. Garcia · 471 U.S. 261 (1985)
• Lampf, Pleva, Lipkind, Prupis & Petigrow v. Gilbertson · 501 U.S. 350 (1991)
• Cannon v. University of Chicago · 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
• International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America v. Hoosier Cardinal Corp. · 383 U.S. 696 (1966)
• Occidental Life Insurance v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 432 U.S. 355 (1977)

Cited by

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

• Heimeshoff v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co. · 571 U.S. 99 (2013)
• United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 751 v. Brown Group, Inc. · 517 U.S. 544 (1996)
• Woodford v. Ngo · 548 U.S. 81 (2006)
• Jones v. R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co. · 541 U.S. 369 (2004)
• United States v. Wells · 519 U.S. 482 (1997)
• Graham County Soil & Water Conservation District v. United States Ex Rel. Wilson · 545 U.S. 409 (2005)
• Edelman v. Lynchburg College · 535 U.S. 106 (2002)

Official text

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1995). 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).