Power Reactor Development Co. v. International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, Afl-Cio, et al.

Decided June 12, 1961. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 315 · 367 U.S. 396 (1961) · Cited 440 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

“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.

• Norwegian Nitrogen Products Co. v. United States · 288 U.S. 294 (1933)
• Ivanhoe Irrigation District v. McCracken · 357 U.S. 275 (1958)

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• Griggs v. Duke Power Co. · 401 U.S. 424 (1971)
• Washington v. Davis · 426 U.S. 229 (1976)
• Udall v. Tallman · 380 U.S. 1 (1965)
• Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 435 U.S. 519 (1978)
• Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc. · 438 U.S. 59 (1978)
• Chrysler Corp. v. Brown · 441 U.S. 281 (1979)
• Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. State Energy Resources Conservation & Development Commission · 461 U.S. 190 (1983)
• Rust v. Sullivan · 500 U.S. 173 (1991)
• King v. Smith · 392 U.S. 309 (1968)
• Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corp. · 464 U.S. 238 (1984)
• Public Citizen v. United States Department of Justice · 491 U.S. 440 (1989)
• Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Milhollin · 444 U.S. 555 (1980)
• Bob Jones University v. United States · 461 U.S. 574 (1983)
• Guardians Assn. v. Civil Serv. Comm'n of New York City · 463 U.S. 582 (1983)
• Zuber v. Allen · 396 U.S. 168 (1969)
• Zenith Radio Corp. v. United States · 437 U.S. 443 (1978)
• American Paper Institute, Inc. v. American Electric Power Service Corp. · 461 U.S. 402 (1983)
• Aluminum Co. of America v. Central Lincoln Peoples' Utility District · 467 U.S. 380 (1984)
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Associated Dry Goods Corp. · 449 U.S. 590 (1981)
• Chemehuevi Tribe of Indians v. Federal Power Commission · 420 U.S. 395 (1975)
• Northern Indiana Public Service Co. v. Porter County Chapter of Izaak Walton League of America, Inc. · 423 U.S. 12 (1975)

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