Usery, Secretary of Labor, et al. v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co. et al.

Decided July 1, 1976. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 74-1302 · 428 U.S. 1 (1976) · Cited 1,262 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–2.

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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.

• Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. · 348 U.S. 483 (1955)
• Welch v. Henry · 305 U.S. 134 (1938)
• Stanley v. Illinois · 405 U.S. 645 (1972)
• Ferguson v. Skrupa · 372 U.S. 726 (1963)
• Tot v. United States · 319 U.S. 463 (1943)
• United States v. Carolene Products Co. · 304 U.S. 144 (1938)
• Vlandis v. Kline · 412 U.S. 441 (1973)
• Richardson v. Belcher · 404 U.S. 78 (1971)
• United States v. Gainey · 380 U.S. 63 (1965)
• Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad v. Turnipseed · 219 U.S. 35 (1910)
• Railroad Retirement Board v. Alton Railroad · 295 U.S. 330 (1935)
• Carpenter v. Wabash Railway Co. · 309 U.S. 23 (1940)
• Edelman v. Jordan · 415 U.S. 651 (1974)
• Weinberger v. Salfi · 422 U.S. 749 (1975)
• United States v. Munsingwear, Inc. · 340 U.S. 36 (1950)
• Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co. · 220 U.S. 61 (1911)
• Leary v. United States · 395 U.S. 6 (1969)
• Home Building & Loan Assn. v. Blaisdell · 290 U.S. 398 (1934)
• Urie v. Thompson · 337 U.S. 163 (1949)
• Mourning v. Family Publications Service, Inc. · 411 U.S. 356 (1973)
• McDonald v. Board of Election Comm'rs of Chicago · 394 U.S. 802 (1969)
• United States v. Peltier · 422 U.S. 531 (1975)
• New York Central Railroad Company v. White · 243 U.S. 188 (1916)
• Geduldig v. Aiello · 417 U.S. 484 (1974)
• De Veau v. Braisted · 363 U.S. 144 (1960)
• Lichter v. United States · 334 U.S. 742 (1948)
• Norman v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad · 294 U.S. 240 (1935)
• Hawkins v. United States · 358 U.S. 74 (1958)
• Bandini Petroleum Co. v. Superior Court, Los Angeles Cty. · 284 U.S. 8 (1931)
• Fleming v. Rhodes · 331 U.S. 100 (1947)

Cited by

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

• Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel · 524 U.S. 498 (1998)
• Connolly v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation · 475 U.S. 211 (1986)
• Concrete Pipe & Products of Cal., Inc. v. Construction Laborers Pension Trust for Southern Cal. · 508 U.S. 602 (1993)
• Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus · 438 U.S. 234 (1978)
• Landgraf v. USI Film Products · 511 U.S. 244 (1994)
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. RA Gray & Co. · 467 U.S. 717 (1984)
• United States v. Locke · 471 U.S. 84 (1985)
• National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. · 470 U.S. 451 (1985)
• Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc. · 438 U.S. 59 (1978)
• Hodel v. Indiana · 452 U.S. 314 (1981)
• Mullins Coal Co. of Va. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs · 484 U.S. 135 (1987)
• United States v. Carlton · 512 U.S. 26 (1994)
• Bowen v. Georgetown University Hospital · 488 U.S. 204 (1988)
• Nollan v. California Coastal Commission · 483 U.S. 825 (1987)
• United States Trust Co. of NY v. New Jersey · 431 U.S. 1 (1977)
• Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego · 453 U.S. 490 (1981)
• Bowers v. Hardwick · 478 U.S. 186 (1986)
• Illinois State Board of Elections v. Socialist Workers Party · 440 U.S. 173 (1979)
• McKesson Corp. v. Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, Fla. Dept. of Business Regulation · 496 U.S. 18 (1990)
• Texaco, Inc. v. Short · 454 U.S. 516 (1982)
• Pauley v. BethEnergy Mines, Inc. · 501 U.S. 680 (1991)
• Washington v. Confederated Bands & Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation · 439 U.S. 463 (1979)
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Mississippi · 456 U.S. 742 (1982)
• Pittston Coal Group v. Sebben · 488 U.S. 105 (1988)
• United States v. Sperry Corp. · 493 U.S. 52 (1989)
• Hodel v. Irving · 481 U.S. 704 (1987)
• Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. · 514 U.S. 122 (1995)
• Vance v. Terrazas · 444 U.S. 252 (1980)

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