United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs

Decided March 28, 1966. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 243 · 383 U.S. 715 (1966) · Cited 13,852 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

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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.

• Hurn v. Oursler · 289 U.S. 238 (1933)
• Milk Wagon Drivers Union, Local 753 v. Meadowmoor Dairies, Inc. · 312 U.S. 287 (1941)
• Local 20, Teamsters, Chauffeurs & Helpers Union v. Morton · 377 U.S. 252 (1964)
• San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon · 359 U.S. 236 (1959)
• International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers v. Russell · 356 U.S. 634 (1958)
• Youngdahl v. Rainfair, Inc. · 355 U.S. 131 (1957)
• Baltimore Steamship Co. v. Phillips · 274 U.S. 316 (1927)
• United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America v. United States · 330 U.S. 395 (1947)
• United Construction Workers v. Laburnum Construction Corp. · 347 U.S. 656 (1954)
• Allen-Bradley Local No. 1111 v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board · 315 U.S. 740 (1942)
• United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers of America v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board · 351 U.S. 266 (1956)
• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins · 304 U.S. 64 (1938)
• Gully v. First Nat. Bank in Meridian · 299 U.S. 109 (1936)
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Mottley · 211 U.S. 149 (1908)
• J. I. Case Co. v. Borak · 377 U.S. 426 (1964)
• American Fire & Casualty Co. v. Finn · 341 U.S. 6 (1951)
• Schneiderman v. United States · 320 U.S. 118 (1943)
• United States v. Memphis Cotton Oil Co. · 288 U.S. 62 (1933)
• Armstrong Paint & Varnish Works v. Nu-Enamel Corp. · 305 U.S. 315 (1938)
• Levering & Garrigues Co. v. Morrin · 289 U.S. 103 (1933)

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• Finley v. United States · 490 U.S. 545 (1989)
• Aldinger v. Howard · 427 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Hagans v. Lavine · 415 U.S. 528 (1974)
• Carnegie-Mellon University v. Cohill · 484 U.S. 343 (1988)
• Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Services, Inc. · 545 U.S. 546 (2005)
• Owen Equipment & Erection Co. v. Kroger · 437 U.S. 365 (1978)
• Moor v. County of Alameda · 411 U.S. 693 (1973)
• DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Cuno · 547 U.S. 332 (2006)
• Rosado v. Wyman · 397 U.S. 397 (1970)
• City of Chicago v. International College of Surgeons · 522 U.S. 156 (1997)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Co. · 458 U.S. 886 (1982)
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · 465 U.S. 89 (1984)
• Ramsey v. United Mine Workers · 401 U.S. 302 (1971)
• Osborn v. Haley · 549 U.S. 225 (2007)
• Ashe v. Swenson · 397 U.S. 436 (1970)
• Home Depot U. S. A., Inc. v. Jackson · 587 U.S. 435 (2019)
• Gutierrez De Martinez v. Lamagno · 515 U.S. 417 (1995)
• Mayor of Philadelphia v. Educational Equality League · 415 U.S. 605 (1974)
• Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Thompson Ex Rel. Thompson · 478 U.S. 804 (1986)
• Maher v. Gagne · 448 U.S. 122 (1980)
• Royal Canin U. S. A. v. Wullschleger · 604 U.S. 22 (2025)
• Raygor v. Regents of the University of Minnesota · 534 U.S. 533 (2002)
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers · 398 U.S. 281 (1970)
• Perez v. Ledesma · 401 U.S. 82 (1971)
• Smith v. Robinson · 468 U.S. 992 (1984)
• Zahn v. International Paper Co. · 414 U.S. 291 (1973)
• Peacock v. Thomas · 516 U.S. 349 (1996)
• California v. ARC America Corp. · 490 U.S. 93 (1989)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Nash-Finch Co. · 404 U.S. 138 (1971)
• Jinks v. Richland County · 538 U.S. 456 (2003)

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