Tony and Susan Alamo Foundation et al. v. Secretary of Labor

Decided April 23, 1985. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 83-1935 · 471 U.S. 290 (1985) · Cited 590 times

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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.

• Walling v. Portland Terminal Co. · 330 U.S. 148 (1947)
• Lemon v. Kurtzman · 403 U.S. 602 (1971)
• Rutherford Food Corp. v. McComb · 331 U.S. 722 (1947)
• Goldberg v. Whitaker House Cooperative, Inc. · 366 U.S. 28 (1961)
• United States v. Rosenwasser · 323 U.S. 360 (1945)
• United States v. Lee · 455 U.S. 252 (1982)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Catholic Bishop · 440 U.S. 490 (1979)
• Powell v. United States Cartridge Co. · 339 U.S. 497 (1950)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Branti v. Finkel · 445 U.S. 507 (1980)
• Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division · 450 U.S. 707 (1981)
• Walz v. Tax Comm'n of City of New York · 397 U.S. 664 (1970)
• Barrentine v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc. · 450 U.S. 728 (1981)
• Brooklyn Savings Bank v. O'Neil · 324 U.S. 697 (1945)
• United States v. Silk · 331 U.S. 704 (1947)
• Meek v. Pittenger · 421 U.S. 349 (1975)
• Mitchell v. Lublin, McGaughy & Associates · 358 U.S. 207 (1959)
• Gemsco, Inc. v. Walling · 324 U.S. 244 (1945)

Cited by

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

• Jimmy Swaggart Ministries v. Board of Equalization of California · 493 U.S. 378 (1990)
• Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. Smith · 494 U.S. 872 (1990)
• Hernandez v. Commissioner · 490 U.S. 680 (1989)
• Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock · 489 U.S. 1 (1989)
• Board of Ed. of Westside Community Schools (Dist. 66) v. Mergens · 496 U.S. 226 (1990)

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