United States v. American Building Maintenance Industries

Decided June 24, 1975. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 73-1689 · 422 U.S. 271 (1975) · Cited 153 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“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.

• Gulf Oil Corp. v. Copp Paving Co. · 419 U.S. 186 (1974)
• A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States · 295 U.S. 495 (1935)
• A. B. Kirschbaum Co. v. Walling · 316 U.S. 517 (1942)
• Mandeville Island Farms, Inc. v. American Crystal Sugar Co. · 334 U.S. 219 (1948)
• United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Assn. · 322 U.S. 533 (1944)
• United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · 353 U.S. 586 (1957)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Bunte Bros. · 312 U.S. 349 (1941)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. · 301 U.S. 1 (1937)
• Brown Shoe Co. v. United States · 370 U.S. 294 (1962)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Sperry & Hutchinson Co. · 405 U.S. 233 (1972)
• United States v. Employing Plasterers Assn. of Chicago · 347 U.S. 186 (1954)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Raladam Co. · 283 U.S. 643 (1931)
• United States v. Penn-Olin Chemical Co. · 378 U.S. 158 (1964)
• United States v. Von's Grocery Co. · 384 U.S. 270 (1966)

Cited by

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

• Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams · 532 U.S. 105 (2001)
• Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon · 596 U.S. 450 (2022)
• Brunswick Corp. v. Pueblo Bowl-O-Mat, Inc. · 429 U.S. 477 (1977)
• Allied-Bruce Terminix Cos., Inc. v. Dobson · 513 U.S. 265 (1995)
• Scarborough v. United States · 431 U.S. 563 (1977)
• McLain v. Real Estate Board of New Orleans, Inc. · 444 U.S. 232 (1980)
• Cantor v. Detroit Edison Co. · 428 U.S. 579 (1976)
• Russell v. United States · 471 U.S. 858 (1985)
• Federal Election Commission v. NRA Political Victory Fund · 513 U.S. 88 (1994)
• United States v. Robertson · 514 U.S. 669 (1995)

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