Roadway Express, Inc. v. Piper et al.

Decided June 23, 1980. Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 79-701 · 447 U.S. 752 (1980) · Cited 2,455 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness Society · 421 U.S. 240 (1975)
• Link v. Wabash Railroad · 370 U.S. 626 (1962)
• Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 434 U.S. 412 (1978)
• Hutto v. Finney · 437 U.S. 678 (1978)
• Societe Internationale Pour Participations Industrielles Et Commerciales, S. A. v. Rogers · 357 U.S. 197 (1958)
• National Hockey League v. Metropolitan Hockey Club, Inc. · 427 U.S. 639 (1976)
• Arcambel v. Wiseman · 3 U.S. 306 (1796)
• Gilbert v. United States · 370 U.S. 650 (1962)
• Owen v. City of Independence · 445 U.S. 622 (1980)
• Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc. · 390 U.S. 400 (1968)
• Hall v. Cole · 412 U.S. 1 (1973)
• Cooke v. United States · 267 U.S. 517 (1925)
• Fleischmann Distilling Corp. v. Maier Brewing Co. · 386 U.S. 714 (1967)
• The United States v. Hudson and Goodwin · 11 U.S. 32 (1812)
• Vaughan v. Atkinson · 369 U.S. 527 (1962)
• Commissioner v. Brown · 380 U.S. 563 (1965)
• Green v. United States · 356 U.S. 165 (1958)
• Erlenbaugh v. United States · 409 U.S. 239 (1972)
• Helvering v. Hammel · 311 U.S. 504 (1941)
• Toledo Scale Co. v. Computing Scale Co. · 261 U.S. 399 (1923)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Chambers v. Nasco, Inc. · 501 U.S. 32 (1991)
• Marek v. Chesny · 473 U.S. 1 (1985)
• Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Haeger · 581 U.S. 101 (2017)
• Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. August · 450 U.S. 346 (1981)
• Marrama v. Citizens Bank of Mass. · 549 U.S. 365 (2007)
• Willy v. Coastal Corp. · 503 U.S. 131 (1992)
• Carlisle v. United States · 517 U.S. 416 (1996)
• Degen v. United States · 517 U.S. 820 (1996)
• Reves v. Ernst & Young · 494 U.S. 56 (1990)
• United States Catholic Conference v. Abortion Rights Mobilization, Inc. · 487 U.S. 72 (1988)

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