Richard a. Lyng, Secretary of Agriculture v. International Union, United Automobile Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Uaw, et al.

Decided March 23, 1988. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 86-1471 · 485 U.S. 360 (1988) · Cited 286 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–3.

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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.

• Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · 431 U.S. 471 (1977)
• United States Department of Agriculture v. Moreno · 413 U.S. 528 (1973)
• Lyng v. Castillo · 477 U.S. 635 (1986)
• Abood v. Detroit Board of Education · 431 U.S. 209 (1977)
• City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc. · 473 U.S. 432 (1985)
• Reed v. Reed · 404 U.S. 71 (1971)
• Dandridge v. Williams · 397 U.S. 471 (1970)
• Plyler v. Doe · 457 U.S. 202 (1982)
• Sherbert v. Verner · 374 U.S. 398 (1963)
• Harris v. McRae · 448 U.S. 297 (1980)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Co. · 458 U.S. 886 (1982)
• Regan v. Taxation With Representation of Washington · 461 U.S. 540 (1983)
• Board of Directors of Rotary International v. Rotary Club of Duarte · 481 U.S. 537 (1987)
• Shapiro v. Thompson · 394 U.S. 618 (1969)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. Murgia · 427 U.S. 307 (1976)
• Zablocki v. Redhail · 434 U.S. 374 (1978)
• Lindsey v. Normet · 405 U.S. 56 (1972)
• Bates v. City of Little Rock · 361 U.S. 516 (1960)
• Maher v. Roe · 432 U.S. 464 (1977)
• Healy v. James · 408 U.S. 169 (1972)
• Mathews v. Lucas · 427 U.S. 495 (1976)
• Zobel v. Williams · 457 U.S. 55 (1982)
• Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Virginia Ex Rel. Virginia State Bar · 377 U.S. 1 (1964)
• Mathews v. De Castro · 429 U.S. 181 (1976)
• Lincoln Federal Labor Union v. Northwestern Iron & Metal Co. · 335 U.S. 525 (1949)
• Hooper v. Bernalillo County Assessor · 472 U.S. 612 (1985)

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• Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue · 591 U.S. 464 (2020)
• Woodford v. Ngo · 548 U.S. 81 (2006)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Beach Communications, Inc. · 508 U.S. 307 (1993)
• New York State Club Assn., Inc. v. City of New York · 487 U.S. 1 (1988)
• Clark v. Jeter · 486 U.S. 456 (1988)
• Kadrmas v. Dickinson Public Schools · 487 U.S. 450 (1988)
• Department of Housing and Urban Development v. Rucker · 535 U.S. 125 (2002)
• Legal Services Corp. v. Velazquez · 531 U.S. 533 (2001)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Curtin Matheson Scientific, Inc. · 494 U.S. 775 (1990)
• Chamber of Commerce of United States v. Brown · 554 U.S. 60 (2008)

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