Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Gray Panthers

Decided June 25, 1981. Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 80-756 · 453 U.S. 34 (1981) · Cited 656 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• Batterton v. Francis · 432 U.S. 416 (1977)
• Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · 401 U.S. 402 (1971)
• Weinberger v. Salfi · 422 U.S. 749 (1975)
• Warth v. Seldin · 422 U.S. 490 (1975)
• Sierra Club v. Morton · 405 U.S. 727 (1972)
• Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 435 U.S. 519 (1978)
• Harris v. McRae · 448 U.S. 297 (1980)
• Chapman v. Houston Welfare Rights Organization · 441 U.S. 600 (1979)
• King v. Smith · 392 U.S. 309 (1968)
• Potomac Electric Power Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs · 449 U.S. 268 (1980)
• Lewis v. Martin · 397 U.S. 552 (1970)
• Shea v. Vialpando · 416 U.S. 251 (1974)
• Van Lare v. Hurley · 421 U.S. 338 (1975)

Cited by

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

• Herweg v. Ray · 455 U.S. 265 (1982)
• Wisconsin Department of Health & Family Services v. Blumer · 534 U.S. 473 (2002)
• Atkins v. Rivera · 477 U.S. 154 (1986)
• Bowen v. Yuckert · 482 U.S. 137 (1987)
• National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius · 567 U.S. 519 (2012)
• Heckler v. Campbell · 461 U.S. 458 (1983)
• Schweiker v. Hogan · 457 U.S. 569 (1982)
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
• Barnhart v. Walton · 535 U.S. 212 (2002)
• Bowsher v. Synar · 478 U.S. 714 (1986)
• Good Samaritan Hospital v. Shalala · 508 U.S. 402 (1993)
• United States v. Morton · 467 U.S. 822 (1984)
• International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, & Agricultural Implement Workers v. Brock · 477 U.S. 274 (1986)
• Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. American Train Dispatchers' Ass'n · 499 U.S. 117 (1991)
• Sullivan v. Everhart · 494 U.S. 83 (1990)
• Heckler v. Day · 467 U.S. 104 (1984)
• United States v. Vaello Madero · 596 U.S. 159 (2022)

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