Oklahoma v. United States Civil Service Commission

Decided February 10, 1947. Stanley Forman Reed delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 84 · 330 U.S. 127 (1947) · Cited 261 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–2.

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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.

• Massachusetts v. Mellon · 262 U.S. 447 (1923)
• Perkins v. Lukens Steel Co. · 310 U.S. 113 (1940)
• Alabama Power Co. v. Ickes · 302 U.S. 464 (1938)
• Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 297 U.S. 288 (1936)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. · 301 U.S. 1 (1937)
• Steele v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad · 323 U.S. 192 (1944)
• Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railway Co. v. Swan · 111 U.S. 379 (1884)
• United States v. Darby · 312 U.S. 100 (1941)
• Steward MacHine Co. v. Davis · 301 U.S. 548 (1937)
• Norwegian Nitrogen Products Co. v. United States · 288 U.S. 294 (1933)
• Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. United States · 316 U.S. 407 (1942)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Sanders Bros. Radio Station · 309 U.S. 470 (1940)
• Colegrove v. Green · 328 U.S. 549 (1946)
• The Chicago Junction Case · 264 U.S. 258 (1924)
• Jacob Siegel Co. v. Federal Trade Commission · 327 U.S. 608 (1946)
• LeTulle v. Scofield · 308 U.S. 415 (1940)
• Veazie Bank v. Fenno · 75 U.S. 533 (1869)
• Wright v. Union Central Life Insurance · 304 U.S. 502 (1938)
• Deitrick v. Greaney · 309 U.S. 190 (1940)
• Parker v. Motor Boat Sales, Inc. · 314 U.S. 244 (1942)
• United Fuel Gas Co. v. Railroad Commission · 278 U.S. 300 (1929)
• Florida v. Mellon · 273 U.S. 12 (1927)
• United States v. Bekins · 304 U.S. 27 (1938)
• United States v. Ruzicka · 329 U.S. 287 (1946)

Cited by

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• South Dakota v. Dole · 483 U.S. 203 (1987)
• Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion Cty. v. Talevski · 599 U.S. 166 (2023)
• Flast v. Cohen · 392 U.S. 83 (1968)
• National League of Cities v. Usery · 426 U.S. 833 (1976)
• Federal Communications Commission v. League of Women Voters of California · 468 U.S. 364 (1984)
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Mississippi · 456 U.S. 742 (1982)
• Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath · 341 U.S. 123 (1951)
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · 451 U.S. 1 (1981)
• New York v. United States · 505 U.S. 144 (1992)
• King v. Smith · 392 U.S. 309 (1968)
• Fullilove v. Klutznick · 448 U.S. 448 (1980)
• Suter v. Artist M. · 503 U.S. 347 (1992)
• Guardians Assn. v. Civil Serv. Comm'n of New York City · 463 U.S. 582 (1983)
• Lau v. Nichols · 414 U.S. 563 (1974)
• Bell v. New Jersey · 461 U.S. 773 (1983)
• Commissioner v. Estate of Church · 335 U.S. 632 (1949)
• Massachusetts v. United States · 435 U.S. 444 (1978)
• Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic · 606 U.S. 357 (2025)

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