Volt Information Sciences, Inc. v. Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University

Decided March 6, 1989. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 87-1318 · 489 U.S. 468 (1989) · Cited 2,861 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.

• Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp. · 460 U.S. 1 (1983)
• Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc. · 473 U.S. 614 (1985)
• Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. v. Byrd · 470 U.S. 213 (1985)
• Southland Corp. v. Keating · 465 U.S. 1 (1984)
• Scherk v. Alberto-Culver Co. · 417 U.S. 506 (1974)
• Bernhardt v. Polygraphic Co. of America, Inc. · 350 U.S. 198 (1956)
• Fidelity Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. De La Cuesta · 458 U.S. 141 (1982)
• Rogers v. Alabama · 192 U.S. 226 (1904)
• Appleby v. City of New York · 271 U.S. 364 (1926)
• Prima Paint Corp. v. Flood & Conklin Mfg. Co. · 388 U.S. 395 (1967)
• Perry v. Thomas · 482 U.S. 483 (1987)
• Dahnke-Walker Milling Co. v. Bondurant · 257 U.S. 282 (1921)
• Indiana Ex Rel. Anderson v. Brand · 303 U.S. 95 (1938)
• Davis v. Wechsler · 263 U.S. 22 (1923)
• United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co. · 363 U.S. 574 (1960)
• Ake v. Oklahoma · 470 U.S. 68 (1985)
• Hines v. Davidowitz · 312 U.S. 52 (1941)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Cohen v. California · 403 U.S. 15 (1971)
• Bantam Books, Inc. v. Sullivan · 372 U.S. 58 (1963)
• Henry v. Mississippi · 379 U.S. 443 (1965)
• McCarty v. McCarty · 453 U.S. 210 (1981)
• Claflin v. Houseman · 93 U.S. 130 (1876)
• International Longshoremen's Ass'n v. Davis · 476 U.S. 380 (1986)
• Japan Line, Ltd. v. County of Los Angeles · 441 U.S. 434 (1979)
• James v. Kentucky · 466 U.S. 341 (1984)
• Warren Trading Post Co. v. Arizona Tax Commission · 380 U.S. 685 (1965)
• Brown v. Western R. Co. of Ala. · 338 U.S. 294 (1949)
• Hauenstein v. Lynham · 100 U.S. 483 (1880)
• Irving Trust Co. v. Day · 314 U.S. 556 (1942)

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• Stolt-Nielsen S. A. v. AnimalFeeds International Corp. · 559 U.S. 662 (2010)
• BG Group, PLC v. Republic of Argentina · 572 U.S. 25 (2014)
• American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant · 570 U.S. 228 (2013)
• Preston v. Ferrer · 552 U.S. 346 (2008)
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Waffle House, Inc. · 534 U.S. 279 (2002)
• Doctor's Associates, Inc. v. Casarotto · 517 U.S. 681 (1996)
• Hall Street Associates, L. L. C. v. Mattel, Inc. · 552 U.S. 576 (2008)
• Allied-Bruce Terminix Cos., Inc. v. Dobson · 513 U.S. 265 (1995)
• Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela · 587 U.S. 176 (2019)
• First Options of Chicago, Inc. v. Kaplan · 514 U.S. 938 (1995)
• Howsam v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. · 537 U.S. 79 (2002)
• Vimar Seguros Y Reaseguros, S. A. v. M/V Sky Reefer · 515 U.S. 528 (1995)
• Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield · 490 U.S. 30 (1989)
• Vaden v. Discover Bank · 556 U.S. 49 (2009)
• Arthur Andersen LLP v. Carlisle · 556 U.S. 624 (2009)
• Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter · 569 U.S. 564 (2013)
• Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana · 596 U.S. 639 (2022)

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