Pierce, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development v. Underwood et al.

Decided June 27, 1988. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 86-1512 · 487 U.S. 552 (1988) · Cited 6,197 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–2.

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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.

• Blum v. Stenson · 465 U.S. 886 (1984)
• Hensley v. Eckerhart · 461 U.S. 424 (1983)
• Curtiss-Wright Corp. v. General Electric Co. · 446 U.S. 1 (1980)
• Consolidated Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 305 U.S. 197 (1938)
• Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno · 454 U.S. 235 (1981)
• Pullman-Standard v. Swint · 456 U.S. 273 (1982)
• National Hockey League v. Metropolitan Hockey Club, Inc. · 427 U.S. 639 (1976)
• Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air · 478 U.S. 546 (1986)
• Miller v. Fenton · 474 U.S. 104 (1985)
• Lorillard v. Pons · 434 U.S. 575 (1978)
• Gulf Oil Co. v. Bernard · 452 U.S. 89 (1981)
• Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air · 483 U.S. 711 (1987)
• Kungys v. United States · 485 U.S. 759 (1988)

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• Rita v. United States · 551 U.S. 338 (2007)
• United States v. Booker · 543 U.S. 220 (2005)
• Monasky v. Taglieri · 589 U.S. 68 (2020)
• McLane Co. v. EEOC · 581 U.S. 72 (2017)
• Badgerow v. Walters · 596 U.S. 1 (2022)
• Ornelas v. United States · 517 U.S. 690 (1996)
• Koon v. United States · 518 U.S. 81 (1996)
• Johnson v. Jones · 515 U.S. 304 (1995)
• Salve Regina College v. Russell · 499 U.S. 225 (1991)
• Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms · 561 U.S. 139 (2010)
• Scarborough v. Principi · 541 U.S. 401 (2004)
• Commissioner, Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Jean · 496 U.S. 154 (1990)
• Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc. · 518 U.S. 415 (1996)
• Thompson v. Keohane · 516 U.S. 99 (1995)
• Central Bank of Denver, N. A. v. First Interstate Bank of Denver, N. A. · 511 U.S. 164 (1994)
• Chapman v. United States · 500 U.S. 453 (1991)
• United States v. X-Citement Video, Inc. · 513 U.S. 64 (1994)
• Sullivan v. Hudson · 490 U.S. 877 (1989)
• Elder v. Holloway · 510 U.S. 510 (1994)
• Stenberg v. Carhart · 530 U.S. 914 (2000)
• Buford v. United States · 532 U.S. 59 (2001)
• Holder v. Hall · 512 U.S. 874 (1994)
• Reno v. Bossier Parish School Board · 520 U.S. 471 (1997)
• Cottage Savings Assn. v. Commissioner · 499 U.S. 554 (1991)
• Powell v. Nevada · 511 U.S. 79 (1994)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Health Care & Retirement Corp. of America · 511 U.S. 571 (1994)

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