Wright et al. v. City of Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority

Decided January 14, 1987. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 85-5915 · 479 U.S. 418 (1987) · Cited 734 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• Middlesex County Sewerage Authority v. National Sea Clammers Assn. · 453 U.S. 1 (1981)
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · 451 U.S. 1 (1981)
• Smith v. Robinson · 468 U.S. 992 (1984)
• Cannon v. University of Chicago · 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• Cort v. Ash · 422 U.S. 66 (1975)
• Maine v. Thiboutot · 448 U.S. 1 (1980)
• Patsy v. Board of Regents of Fla. · 457 U.S. 496 (1982)
• Rosado v. Wyman · 397 U.S. 397 (1970)
• Chrysler Corp. v. Brown · 441 U.S. 281 (1979)
• Jean v. Nelson · 472 U.S. 846 (1985)
• Universities Research Assn., Inc. v. Coutu · 450 U.S. 754 (1981)

Cited by

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

• Wilder v. Virginia Hospital Assn. · 496 U.S. 498 (1990)
• Gonzaga University v. Doe · 536 U.S. 273 (2002)
• Suter v. Artist M. · 503 U.S. 347 (1992)
• Golden State Transit Corp. v. City of Los Angeles · 493 U.S. 103 (1989)
• Blessing v. Freestone · 520 U.S. 329 (1997)
• Dennis v. Higgins · 498 U.S. 439 (1991)
• City of Rancho Palos Verdes v. Abrams · 544 U.S. 113 (2005)
• Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic · 606 U.S. 357 (2025)
• New York v. United States · 505 U.S. 144 (1992)
• School Bd. of Nassau Cty. v. Arline · 480 U.S. 273 (1987)
• Livadas v. Bradshaw · 512 U.S. 107 (1994)
• Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion Cty. v. Talevski · 599 U.S. 166 (2023)

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