Runyon et Ux., Dba Bobbe'S School v. McCrary et al.

Decided June 25, 1976. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 75-62 · 427 U.S. 160 (1976) · Cited 1,391 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. · 392 U.S. 409 (1968)
• Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc. · 421 U.S. 454 (1975)
• Tillman v. Wheaton-Haven Recreation Assn., Inc. · 410 U.S. 431 (1973)
• Norwood v. Harrison · 413 U.S. 455 (1973)
• Meyer v. Nebraska · 262 U.S. 390 (1923)
• Sullivan v. Little Hunting Park, Inc. · 396 U.S. 229 (1969)
• Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness Society · 421 U.S. 240 (1975)
• Edelman v. Jordan · 415 U.S. 651 (1974)
• Roe v. Wade · 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Civil Rights Cases · 109 U.S. 3 (1883)
• Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Wisconsin v. Yoder · 406 U.S. 205 (1972)
• Holmberg v. Armbrecht · 327 U.S. 392 (1946)
• Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis · 407 U.S. 163 (1972)
• F. D. Rich Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Industrial Lumber Co. · 417 U.S. 116 (1974)
• Flood v. Kuhn · 407 U.S. 258 (1972)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356 (1886)
• Griggs v. Duke Power Co. · 401 U.S. 424 (1971)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• Bishop v. Wood · 426 U.S. 341 (1976)
• Prince v. Massachusetts · 321 U.S. 158 (1944)
• Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co. · 419 U.S. 345 (1974)
• Loving v. Virginia · 388 U.S. 1 (1967)
• Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. Williamson · 316 U.S. 535 (1942)
• Eisenstadt v. Baird · 405 U.S. 438 (1972)
• Stanley v. Georgia · 394 U.S. 557 (1969)
• Moor v. County of Alameda · 411 U.S. 693 (1973)
• Trustees v. Greenough · 105 U.S. 527 (1882)

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• General Building Contractors Assn., Inc. v. Pennsylvania · 458 U.S. 375 (1982)
• Great American Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Novotny · 442 U.S. 366 (1979)
• CBOCS West, Inc. v. Humphries · 553 U.S. 442 (2008)
• Goodman v. Lukens Steel Co. · 482 U.S. 656 (1987)
• Occidental Life Insurance v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 432 U.S. 355 (1977)
• Key Tronic Corp. v. United States · 511 U.S. 809 (1994)
• Jett v. Dallas Independent School District · 491 U.S. 701 (1989)
• Comcast Corp. v. National Assn. of African-American Owned Media · 589 U.S. 327 (2020)
• Rivers v. Roadway Express, Inc. · 511 U.S. 298 (1994)
• Bob Jones University v. United States · 461 U.S. 574 (1983)
• City of Memphis v. Greene · 451 U.S. 100 (1981)
• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs. · 436 U.S. 658 (1978)
• Wilson v. Garcia · 471 U.S. 261 (1985)
• Roberts v. United States Jaycees · 468 U.S. 609 (1984)
• Saint Francis College v. Al-Khazraji · 481 U.S. 604 (1987)
• Domino's Pizza, Inc. v. McDonald · 546 U.S. 470 (2006)
• Johnson v. Transportation Agency, Santa Clara Cty. · 480 U.S. 616 (1987)
• Hishon v. King & Spalding · 467 U.S. 69 (1984)
• DelCostello v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters · 462 U.S. 151 (1983)
• Thornburgh v. Abbott · 490 U.S. 401 (1989)
• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke · 438 U.S. 265 (1978)
• United States v. S.A. Empresa De Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense · 467 U.S. 797 (1984)
• Chapman v. Houston Welfare Rights Organization · 441 U.S. 600 (1979)
• McNally v. United States · 483 U.S. 350 (1987)
• Continental T. v. Inc. v. GTE Sylvania Inc. · 433 U.S. 36 (1977)
• City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co. · 488 U.S. 469 (1989)
• Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio · 490 U.S. 642 (1989)
• Keystone Bituminous Coal Assn. v. DeBenedictis · 480 U.S. 470 (1987)

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