South Carolina v. Regan, Secretary of the Treasury

Decided February 22, 1984. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 94 ORIG · 465 U.S. 367 (1984) · Cited 251 times

Holding

The motion for leave to file the complaint is granted.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. · 157 U.S. 429 (1895)
• Bob Jones University v. Simon · 416 U.S. 725 (1974)
• Enochs v. Williams Packing & Navigation Co. · 370 U.S. 1 (1962)
• Helvering v. Gerhardt · 304 U.S. 405 (1938)
• Graves v. New York Ex Rel. O'Keefe · 306 U.S. 466 (1939)
• Alexander v. \Americans United\" Inc." · 416 U.S. 752 (1974)
• New York v. United States · 326 U.S. 572 (1946)
• National League of Cities v. Usery · 426 U.S. 833 (1976)
• Snyder v. Marks · 109 U.S. 189 (1883)
• Metcalf & Eddy v. Mitchell · 269 U.S. 514 (1926)
• Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission · 395 U.S. 367 (1969)
• Illinois v. City of Milwaukee · 406 U.S. 91 (1972)
• S. R. A., Inc. v. Minnesota · 327 U.S. 558 (1946)
• Helvering v. Mountain Producers Corp. · 303 U.S. 376 (1938)
• United States v. American Friends Service Committee · 419 U.S. 7 (1974)
• Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Assn., Inc. · 452 U.S. 264 (1981)
• Maryland v. Louisiana · 451 U.S. 725 (1981)
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Wyoming · 460 U.S. 226 (1983)
• Georgia v. Pennsylvania Railroad · 324 U.S. 439 (1945)
• Alabama v. King & Boozer · 314 U.S. 1 (1941)
• United States v. City of Detroit · 355 U.S. 466 (1958)
• Federal Housing Administration v. Darlington, Inc. · 358 U.S. 84 (1958)
• United States v. New Mexico · 455 U.S. 720 (1982)
• Willcutts v. Bunn · 282 U.S. 216 (1931)
• United States v. County of Fresno · 429 U.S. 452 (1977)
• Ohio v. Wyandotte Chemicals Corp. · 401 U.S. 493 (1971)
• Gurley v. Rhoden · 421 U.S. 200 (1975)
• Singleton v. Wulff · 428 U.S. 106 (1976)
• Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization · 426 U.S. 26 (1976)
• Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co. · 455 U.S. 422 (1982)

Cited by

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

• Hibbs v. Winn · 542 U.S. 88 (2004)
• South Carolina v. Baker · 485 U.S. 505 (1988)
• Zadvydas v. Davis · 533 U.S. 678 (2001)
• Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Alcan Aluminium Ltd. · 493 U.S. 331 (1990)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1984). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).