Ruckelshaus, Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency v. Monsanto Co.

Decided June 26, 1984. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 83-196 · 467 U.S. 986 (1984) · Cited 1,423 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–1.

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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.

• Regional Rail Reorganization Act Cases · 419 U.S. 102 (1974)
• Kaiser Aetna v. United States · 444 U.S. 164 (1979)
• E. I. Du Pont De Nemours Powder Co. v. Masland · 244 U.S. 100 (1917)
• Berman v. Parker · 348 U.S. 26 (1954)
• Webb's Fabulous Pharmacies, Inc. v. Beckwith · 449 U.S. 155 (1980)
• Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · 438 U.S. 104 (1978)
• Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon · 260 U.S. 393 (1922)
• Chrysler Corp. v. Brown · 441 U.S. 281 (1979)
• PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins · 447 U.S. 74 (1980)
• United States v. General Motors Corp. · 323 U.S. 373 (1945)
• Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · 408 U.S. 564 (1972)
• Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc. · 438 U.S. 59 (1978)
• Morton v. Mancari · 417 U.S. 535 (1974)
• Larson v. Domestic and Foreign Commerce Corp. · 337 U.S. 682 (1949)
• Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Assn., Inc. · 452 U.S. 264 (1981)
• Armstrong v. United States · 364 U.S. 40 (1960)
• United States v. Causby · 328 U.S. 256 (1946)
• Lynch v. United States · 292 U.S. 571 (1934)
• United States v. Borden Co. · 308 U.S. 188 (1939)
• Louisville Joint Stock Land Bank v. Radford · 295 U.S. 555 (1935)
• Andrus v. Allard · 444 U.S. 51 (1979)
• Western & Southern Life Ins. Co. v. State Bd. of Equalization of Cal. · 451 U.S. 648 (1981)
• Kewanee Oil Co. v. Bicron Corp. · 416 U.S. 470 (1974)
• Yearsley v. W. A. Ross Construction Co. · 309 U.S. 18 (1940)
• Mercantile Nat. Bank at Dallas v. Langdeau · 371 U.S. 555 (1963)
• Day-Brite Lighting, Inc. v. Missouri · 342 U.S. 421 (1952)
• Rindge Co. v. County of Los Angeles · 262 U.S. 700 (1923)
• Board of Trade of Chicago v. Christie Grain & Stock Co. · 198 U.S. 236 (1905)
• Hurley v. Kincaid · 285 U.S. 95 (1932)

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• Horne v. Department of Agriculture · 576 U.S. 351 (2015)
• Nollan v. California Coastal Commission · 483 U.S. 825 (1987)
• Thomas v. Union Carbide Agricultural Products Co. · 473 U.S. 568 (1985)
• Knick v. Township of Scott · 588 U.S. 180 (2019)
• Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City · 473 U.S. 172 (1985)
• Wisconsin Public Intervenor v. Mortier · 501 U.S. 597 (1991)
• Preseault v. Interstate Commerce Commission · 494 U.S. 1 (1990)
• Kelo v. City of New London · 545 U.S. 469 (2005)
• Murr v. Wisconsin · 582 U.S. 383 (2017)
• Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel · 524 U.S. 498 (1998)
• Keystone Bituminous Coal Assn. v. DeBenedictis · 480 U.S. 470 (1987)
• United States v. Fausto · 484 U.S. 439 (1988)
• Bates v. Dow Agrosciences LLC · 544 U.S. 431 (2005)
• Hudson v. Palmer · 468 U.S. 517 (1984)
• Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council · 505 U.S. 1003 (1992)
• Bowen v. Massachusetts · 487 U.S. 879 (1988)
• Carpenter v. United States · 585 U.S. 296 (2018)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr · 533 U.S. 289 (2001)
• United States v. Vonn · 535 U.S. 55 (2002)
• Digital Equipment Corp. v. Desktop Direct, Inc. · 511 U.S. 863 (1994)
• United States v. Riverside Bayview Homes, Inc. · 474 U.S. 121 (1985)
• Carpenter v. United States · 484 U.S. 19 (1987)
• Connolly v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation · 475 U.S. 211 (1986)
• United States v. Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Co. · 553 U.S. 1 (2008)
• San Remo Hotel, L. P. v. City & County of San Francisco · 545 U.S. 323 (2005)
• Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid · 594 U.S. 139 (2021)
• Hodel v. Irving · 481 U.S. 704 (1987)
• Tyler v. Hennepin County · 598 U.S. 631 (2023)

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