United States Railroad Retirement Board v. Fritz

Decided December 9, 1980. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 79-870 · 449 U.S. 166 (1980) · Cited 1,058 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• Flemming v. Nestor · 363 U.S. 603 (1960)
• Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co. · 220 U.S. 61 (1911)
• City of New Orleans v. Dukes · 427 U.S. 297 (1976)
• Vance v. Bradley · 440 U.S. 93 (1979)
• F. S. Royster Guano Co. v. Virginia · 253 U.S. 412 (1920)
• Johnson v. Robison · 415 U.S. 361 (1974)
• Hisquierdo v. Hisquierdo · 439 U.S. 572 (1979)
• Dandridge v. Williams · 397 U.S. 471 (1970)
• Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. Murgia · 427 U.S. 307 (1976)
• Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld · 420 U.S. 636 (1975)
• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · 411 U.S. 1 (1973)
• Mathews v. Diaz · 426 U.S. 67 (1976)
• United States Department of Agriculture v. Moreno · 413 U.S. 528 (1973)
• Jefferson v. Hackney · 406 U.S. 535 (1972)
• Morey v. Doud · 354 U.S. 457 (1957)
• James v. Strange · 407 U.S. 128 (1972)
• United States Department of Agriculture v. Murry · 413 U.S. 508 (1973)
• Reed v. Reed · 404 U.S. 71 (1971)
• Nachman Corp. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation · 446 U.S. 359 (1980)
• Richardson v. Belcher · 404 U.S. 78 (1971)
• Mathews v. Lucas · 427 U.S. 495 (1976)
• Califano v. Goldfarb · 430 U.S. 199 (1977)
• Jimenez v. Weinberger · 417 U.S. 628 (1974)
• Schneider v. Rusk · 377 U.S. 163 (1964)

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• Federal Communications Commission v. Beach Communications, Inc. · 508 U.S. 307 (1993)
• Nordlinger v. Hahn · 505 U.S. 1 (1992)
• City of Mesquite v. Aladdin's Castle, Inc. · 455 U.S. 283 (1982)
• Schweiker v. Wilson · 450 U.S. 221 (1981)
• Kassel v. Consolidated Freightways Corp. of Del. · 450 U.S. 662 (1981)
• City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc. · 473 U.S. 432 (1985)
• Heller v. Doe Ex Rel. Doe · 509 U.S. 312 (1993)
• Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co. · 455 U.S. 422 (1982)
• Fitzgerald v. Racing Assn. of Central Iowa · 539 U.S. 103 (2003)
• Georgia v. Public Resource.Org, Inc. · 590 U.S. 255 (2020)
• United States v. Locke · 471 U.S. 84 (1985)
• Rostker v. Goldberg · 453 U.S. 57 (1981)
• Tuan Anh Nguyen v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 533 U.S. 53 (2001)
• City of Los Angeles v. Preferred Communications, Inc. · 476 U.S. 488 (1986)
• Weaver v. Graham · 450 U.S. 24 (1981)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
• Albernaz v. United States · 450 U.S. 333 (1981)
• Romer v. Evans · 517 U.S. 620 (1996)
• United States v. Wilson · 503 U.S. 329 (1992)
• Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Assn., Inc. · 452 U.S. 264 (1981)
• Watt v. Alaska · 451 U.S. 259 (1981)
• Montana v. Egelhoff · 518 U.S. 37 (1996)
• Trump v. Hawaii · 585 U.S. 667 (2018)
• City of Dallas v. Stanglin · 490 U.S. 19 (1989)
• Zobel v. Williams · 457 U.S. 55 (1982)
• Hodel v. Indiana · 452 U.S. 314 (1981)
• Community Communications Co. v. City of Boulder · 455 U.S. 40 (1982)
• Atkins v. Parker · 472 U.S. 115 (1985)
• United States v. Sperry Corp. · 493 U.S. 52 (1989)
• Western Air Lines, Inc. v. Criswell · 472 U.S. 400 (1985)

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