Parklane Hosiery Co., Inc., et al. v. Shore

Decided January 9, 1979. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 77-1305 · 439 U.S. 322 (1979) · Cited 4,229 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

“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.

• Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation · 402 U.S. 313 (1971)
• Dimick v. Schiedt · 293 U.S. 474 (1935)
• Beacon Theatres, Inc. v. Westover · 359 U.S. 500 (1959)
• Galloway v. United States · 319 U.S. 372 (1943)
• Colgrove v. Battin · 413 U.S. 149 (1973)
• Gasoline Products Co. v. Champlin Refining Co. · 283 U.S. 494 (1931)
• Curtis v. Loether · 415 U.S. 189 (1974)
• Katchen v. Landy · 382 U.S. 323 (1966)
• Parsons v. Bedford, Breedlove, & Robeson · 28 U.S. 433 (1830)
• Ex Parte Peterson · 253 U.S. 300 (1920)
• Dairy Queen, Inc. v. Wood · 369 U.S. 469 (1962)
• Kerotest Manufacturing Co. v. C-O-Two Fire Equipment Co. · 342 U.S. 180 (1952)
• Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. · 356 U.S. 525 (1958)
• Baltimore & Carolina Line, Inc. v. Redman · 295 U.S. 654 (1935)
• Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland v. United States · 187 U.S. 315 (1902)
• Triplett v. Lowell · 297 U.S. 638 (1936)
• Hopkins v. Lee · 19 U.S. 109 (1821)
• Duncan v. Louisiana · 391 U.S. 145 (1968)
• Commissioner v. Sunnen · 333 U.S. 591 (1948)
• Cromwell v. County of Sac · 94 U.S. 351 (1877)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. · 301 U.S. 1 (1937)
• Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co. · 396 U.S. 375 (1970)
• Hansberry v. Lee · 311 U.S. 32 (1940)
• Lawlor v. National Screen Service Corp. · 349 U.S. 322 (1955)
• Ross v. Bernhard · 396 U.S. 531 (1970)
• Thiel v. Southern Pacific Co. · 328 U.S. 217 (1946)
• Montgomery Ward & Co. v. Duncan · 311 U.S. 243 (1940)
• Simler v. Conner · 372 U.S. 221 (1963)
• Atlas Roofing Co. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Comm'n · 430 U.S. 442 (1977)
• Slocum v. New York Life Insurance · 228 U.S. 364 (1913)

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• B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc. · 575 U.S. 138 (2015)
• Lytle v. Household Manufacturing, Inc. · 494 U.S. 545 (1990)
• Lucky Brand Dungarees, Inc. v. Marcel Fashions Group, Inc. · 590 U.S. 405 (2020)
• Perttu v. Richards · 605 U.S. 460 (2025)
• United States v. Mendoza · 464 U.S. 154 (1984)
• Astoria Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Solimino · 501 U.S. 104 (1991)
• Martin v. Wilks · 490 U.S. 755 (1989)
• Nevada v. United States · 463 U.S. 110 (1983)
• Erlinger v. United States · 602 U.S. 821 (2024)
• Vega v. Tekoh · 597 U.S. 134 (2022)
• Currier v. Virginia · 585 U.S. 493 (2018)
• Allen v. McCurry · 449 U.S. 90 (1980)
• Montana v. United States · 440 U.S. 147 (1979)
• Whitmore Ex Rel. Simmons v. Arkansas · 495 U.S. 149 (1990)
• Kremer v. Chemical Construction Corp. · 456 U.S. 461 (1982)
• Brown v. Felsen · 442 U.S. 127 (1979)
• Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc. · 518 U.S. 415 (1996)
• Semtek International Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp. · 531 U.S. 497 (2001)
• University of Tennessee v. Elliott · 478 U.S. 788 (1986)
• Standefer v. United States · 447 U.S. 10 (1980)
• Haring v. Prosise · 462 U.S. 306 (1983)
• McDonald v. City of West Branch · 466 U.S. 284 (1984)
• Baker v. General Motors Corp. · 522 U.S. 222 (1998)
• Smith v. Bayer Corp. · 564 U.S. 299 (2011)
• United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians · 448 U.S. 371 (1980)
• United States v. Stauffer Chemical Co. · 464 U.S. 165 (1984)
• Trump v. CASA, Inc. · 606 U.S. 831 (2025)

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