United Building & Construction Trades Council of Camden County and Vicinity v. Mayor and Council of the City of Camden et al.

Decided February 21, 1984. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 81-2110 · 465 U.S. 208 (1984) · Cited 298 times

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Decided 8–1.

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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.

• Toomer v. Witsell · 334 U.S. 385 (1948)
• Hicklin v. Orbeck · 437 U.S. 518 (1978)
• Zobel v. Williams · 457 U.S. 55 (1982)
• White v. Massachusetts Council of Construction Employers, Inc. · 460 U.S. 204 (1983)
• Austin v. New Hampshire · 420 U.S. 656 (1975)
• Paul v. Virginia · 75 U.S. 168 (1869)
• Mullaney v. Anderson · 342 U.S. 415 (1952)
• Baldwin v. Fish and Game Comm'n of Mont. · 436 U.S. 371 (1978)
• Blake v. McClung · 172 U.S. 239 (1898)
• Hughes v. Alexandria Scrap Corp. · 426 U.S. 794 (1976)
• Reeves, Inc. v. Stake · 447 U.S. 429 (1980)
• Haguer v. Committee for Industrial Organization · 307 U.S. 496 (1939)
• Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. Murgia · 427 U.S. 307 (1976)
• Fullilove v. Klutznick · 448 U.S. 448 (1980)
• Memorial Hospital v. Maricopa County · 415 U.S. 250 (1974)
• Avery v. Midland County · 390 U.S. 474 (1968)
• Hall v. Beals · 396 U.S. 45 (1969)
• City of Trenton v. New Jersey · 262 U.S. 182 (1923)
• Dean Milk Co. v. City of Madison · 340 U.S. 349 (1951)
• Shaffer v. Carter · 252 U.S. 37 (1920)
• McCarthy v. Philadelphia Civil Service Commission · 424 U.S. 645 (1976)
• Woodruff v. Parham · 75 U.S. 123 (1869)
• Bradwell v. State · 83 U.S. 130 (1873)
• Douglas v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad · 279 U.S. 377 (1929)
• Canadian Northern Railway Co. v. Eggen · 252 U.S. 553 (1920)

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• Supreme Court of NH v. Piper · 470 U.S. 274 (1985)
• Supreme Court of Virginia v. Friedman · 487 U.S. 59 (1988)
• McBurney v. Young · 569 U.S. 221 (2013)
• South-Central Timber Development, Inc. v. Wunnicke · 467 U.S. 82 (1984)
• United States v. Kokinda · 497 U.S. 720 (1990)

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