United States et al. v. Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures (scrap) et al.

Decided June 18, 1973. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 72-535 · 412 U.S. 669 (1973) · Cited 1,746 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–2.

“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.

• Sierra Club v. Morton · 405 U.S. 727 (1972)
• Arrow Transportation Co. v. Southern Railway Co. · 372 U.S. 658 (1963)
• Scripps-Howard Radio, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 316 U.S. 4 (1942)
• Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · 397 U.S. 150 (1970)
• Hecht Co. v. Bowles · 321 U.S. 321 (1944)
• Barlow v. Collins · 397 U.S. 159 (1970)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• McGowan v. Maryland · 366 U.S. 420 (1961)
• Massachusetts v. Mellon · 262 U.S. 447 (1923)
• Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections · 383 U.S. 663 (1966)
• Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40 · 300 U.S. 515 (1937)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Dean Foods Co. · 384 U.S. 597 (1966)
• Arizona Grocery Co. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. · 284 U.S. 370 (1932)
• Whitney National Bank in Jefferson Parish v. Bank of New Orleans & Trust Co. · 379 U.S. 411 (1965)
• Arizona v. California · 283 U.S. 423 (1931)
• Fairchild v. Hughes · 258 U.S. 126 (1922)
• New York v. United States · 331 U.S. 284 (1947)

Cited by

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

• Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization · 426 U.S. 26 (1976)
• Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency · 549 U.S. 497 (2007)
• Warth v. Seldin · 422 U.S. 490 (1975)
• Whitmore Ex Rel. Simmons v. Arkansas · 495 U.S. 149 (1990)
• Trans Alaska Pipeline Rate Cases · 436 U.S. 631 (1978)
• Schlesinger v. Reservists Committee to Stop the War · 418 U.S. 208 (1974)
• Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · 454 U.S. 464 (1982)
• Aberdeen & Rockfish R. Co. v. Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures (SCRAP) · 422 U.S. 289 (1975)
• Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc. · 438 U.S. 59 (1978)
• Diamond v. Charles · 476 U.S. 54 (1986)
• United States v. Richardson · 418 U.S. 166 (1974)
• Southern Railway Co. v. Seaboard Allied Milling Corp. · 442 U.S. 444 (1979)
• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · 504 U.S. 555 (1992)
• Allen v. Wright · 468 U.S. 737 (1984)
• Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · 429 U.S. 252 (1977)
• Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. · 514 U.S. 122 (1995)
• Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation · 497 U.S. 871 (1990)
• O'Shea v. Littleton · 414 U.S. 488 (1974)
• Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 435 U.S. 519 (1978)
• Havens Realty Corp. v. Coleman · 455 U.S. 363 (1982)
• United States Parole Commission v. Geraghty · 445 U.S. 388 (1980)
• Preiser v. Newkirk · 422 U.S. 395 (1975)
• Gwaltney of Smithfield, Ltd. v. Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc. · 484 U.S. 49 (1987)
• Japan Whaling Ass'n v. American Cetacean Society · 478 U.S. 221 (1986)
• Ellis v. Dyson · 421 U.S. 426 (1975)
• Flint Ridge Development Co. v. Scenic Rivers Assn. of Okla. · 426 U.S. 776 (1976)

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